Poésie Ron-Ron
Picabia, Francis
(Lausanne). 1919
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One of the rarest of Francis Picabia's dada publications.
From the edition limited to 100 copies on papier vergé.
Composed by Picabia late in 1918, 'Poésie Ron-Ron', published in Switzerland the following year, is among the small groups of books featuring Picabia as a dada poet; the word 'dada' is included towards the end of Picabia's verse ('dada veut dire queue d'éléphant', pg. 49). Picabia's Swiss period (as opposed to his subsequent Paris dada affiliation) saw him writing poetry rather than painting but he did collaborate with Hans Arp, Tristan Tzara (the two met shortly after the composition of 'Poésie Ron-Ron') and the dadaists of Zurich (issue 8 of '391' was published there). Picabia was committed to dada for another two years before he abandoned it in early 1921.
'Cette poésie n'a ni commencement ni fin, figurez-vous qu'il n'y a pas de couverture et qu'elle est reliée avec des anneaux de cuivre !' (From the final page of text).
Picabia's literary dada works include: 'Poèmes et Dessins de la Fille Née Sans Mère' (1918), 'Rateliers Platoniques' (1918), both published, as was the present collection in Lausanne, as well as the Paris publications 'Pensées Sans Langage' (1919),'Jésus-Christ Rastaqouère' (1920) and 'Unique Eunuque' (1920).
[not in Ades].
From the edition limited to 100 copies on papier vergé.
Composed by Picabia late in 1918, 'Poésie Ron-Ron', published in Switzerland the following year, is among the small groups of books featuring Picabia as a dada poet; the word 'dada' is included towards the end of Picabia's verse ('dada veut dire queue d'éléphant', pg. 49). Picabia's Swiss period (as opposed to his subsequent Paris dada affiliation) saw him writing poetry rather than painting but he did collaborate with Hans Arp, Tristan Tzara (the two met shortly after the composition of 'Poésie Ron-Ron') and the dadaists of Zurich (issue 8 of '391' was published there). Picabia was committed to dada for another two years before he abandoned it in early 1921.
'Cette poésie n'a ni commencement ni fin, figurez-vous qu'il n'y a pas de couverture et qu'elle est reliée avec des anneaux de cuivre !' (From the final page of text).
Picabia's literary dada works include: 'Poèmes et Dessins de la Fille Née Sans Mère' (1918), 'Rateliers Platoniques' (1918), both published, as was the present collection in Lausanne, as well as the Paris publications 'Pensées Sans Langage' (1919),'Jésus-Christ Rastaqouère' (1920) and 'Unique Eunuque' (1920).
[not in Ades].
[32 leaves]. Small 8vo. (195 x 125 mm). Leaf with title, limitation verso, leaf with Picabia's introductory note: 'La mode, / est une feuille morte. / F. P.' and Picabia's verse, final leaf with 'Terminée a Lausanne, / le 24 février 1919' and note (see below). Original publisher's red glazed printed wrappers, titles gilt to front cover.
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