Nov 29, 2007 - Sale 2130

Sale 2130 - Lot 141

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(SURREALISM.) Reverdy, Pierre. Le Voleur de Talan. 8vo, original grey wrappers lettered in black, front cover and blank cleanly separated from spine, minor fading and a few small marks; contents browned. Avignon: Rullière Frères, 1917

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first edition. number 72 of 150 copies. inscribed and signed to maurice raynal "mon bien cher ami." Reverdy played a seminal role in development of the modern esthetic. In this same year, together with Max Jacob and Guillaume Apollinaire, he founded the influential journal Nord-Sud ("North-South") which contained many Dadaist and Surrealist contributions.