Le Temps Déborde
Man Ray & Dora Maar. Desroches, Didier. (Pseud. Paul Eluard)
Paris. Editions Cahiers d'Art. 1947
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A very good copy of Le Temps Déborde, Eluard's verse epitaph for his wife, Nusch illustrated by Man Ray and Dora Maar.
From the edition limited to 500 copies.
'Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble. / Voici le jour / En trop: le temps déborde. / Mon amour si léger prend le poids d'un supplice.' (Eluard's 'Vingt-Huit Novembre Mil Neuf Cent Quarante-Six', the date of Nusch's death).
From the edition limited to 500 copies.
'Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble. / Voici le jour / En trop: le temps déborde. / Mon amour si léger prend le poids d'un supplice.' (Eluard's 'Vingt-Huit Novembre Mil Neuf Cent Quarante-Six', the date of Nusch's death).
[24 unnumbered leaves]. 4to. (245 x 182 mm). Half-title with limitation verso, inserted leaf of glossy paper with monochrome portrait as frontispiece verso, title with Eluard's dedication and copyright verso, 17 leaves with Eluard's verse recto and verso illustrated with 10 monochrome photographs reproduced in gravure by Man Ray and Dora Maar, final leaf with justification and achevé d'imprimer recto. Original publisher's cream paper wrappers with titles to front cover in black.
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