6 - Antonin ARTAUD. *The Theater and Its Double*. Paris, Gallimard (Métamorphoses Series), 1944.

Antonin ARTAUD. *The Theater and Its Double*. Paris, Gallimard (Métamorphoses Series), 1944. In-12, paperback. The book was first published in 1938. Significant full-page autograph dedication: To Mr. Hermann Toussaint The double of the theater / is no longer life, / it is man / lost in the midst / of his grotesque / alchemy—I mean / his anatomy / caught in the storms (?) that / gave him life / Antonin Artaud / February 11, 1947 The Flemish poet Hermann Toussaint van Boelaere (1875–1947) was the partner of the Belgian painter and photographer Rachel Baes. Worn cover.