Sale 19BP02 | Lot 292

[SURREALISM] FORD, CHARLES HENRI Group of three works, all inscribed in French by Ford to André Breton.

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[SURREALISM] FORD, CHARLES HENRI Group of three works, all inscribed in French by Ford to André Breton.

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Lot 292
[SURREALISM] FORD, CHARLES HENRI Group of three works, all inscribed in French by Ford to André Breton.
Comprises The Garden of Disorder and other poems. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, [1938]. First edition. Publisher's green cloth in jacket; The Overturned Lake. Cincinnati: The Little Man Press, 1941. Original pale blue cloth in jacket; And Poems for Painters. New York: View Editions, 1945. One of 500 copies signed, this copy 21. Wrappers. Some wear, but attractive copies. Each with the slip of the 2003 Drouot Breton sale laid in (these were lot 572).
An attractive group of association copies given to Breton, including Ford's first full-length collection of poems, with the dust-jacket design by Tchelitchew, Ford's long-time companion and lover.


C Estate of Arthur Brandt

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $687 (includes buyer's premium)
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