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Le Diable par la queue. Mémorial de la petite exposition de dessins et de peintures de Jean Dubuffet joyeusement organisée à Bruxelles en decembre 1949 par l'auteur et son ami Geert van Bruaene pour l'inauguration de sa nouvelle boutique

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Paris / Brussels. Chez Desjobert. 1949
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Edition of approximately 600 copies on brown paper; exhibition catalogue produced 'en hâte, pour qu'elle soit prête à la date de l'exposition' for Dubuffet's first European exhibition outside Paris.

'Catalogue de l'exposition de Jean Dubuffet à la galerie de Geert van Bruaene, Bruxelles, du 17 au 28 décembre 1949. Texte calligraphié par l'artiste avec 3 illustrations ... imprimé par procédé lithographique chez Desjobert, novembre 1949'. (Webel, pg. 82).

[Webel 292 - 299; pg. 82 - 83].
[4 unnumbered leaves]. Square 8vo. (200 x 200 mm). Lithograph text and illustration recto and verso throughout: front cover with title and illustration, list of works and 2 full-page plates (taken from 'La Métromanie'), justification and acheve d'imprimer to rear cover. Stitched as issued in original wrappers.
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