Jean COCTEAU.
The Heurtebise Angel. Poem with a photograph of the angel by
Man Ray. Paris, Librairie Stock, 1925.
In-folio, in sheets.
First edition printed at 355 copies; one of the 50 on white vellum.
In frontispiece, photograph of the angel by Man Ray, reproduced in heliogravure. Man
Ray had just developed the rayograph process, in order to transcend the documentary aspect of photography.
Double autograph letter on the title and the false title from the photographer and the author:
My [drawing of an eye] for / Gildas Fardel / Man Ray
Jean Jean 1927 [drawing of a heart and a star]
The collection of illustrated books of this aesthete was dispersed by Pierre Berès (catalog
Livres à tirages limités ornés d'illustrations de peintres modernes, 1992, n° 31).
Worn cover with tears and small lacks.
