28 - René CHAR. *The Backstory of the Shattered Poem*. Paris: Jean Hugues, 1953.

René CHAR. *The Backstory of the Shattered Poem*. Paris: Jean Hugues, 1953. In-12, paperback, hardback-style cover: gray paper slipcase. First edition: it features, as a frontispiece, an original color lithograph by Nicolas de Staël: a silhouette portrait of the author. A single print run of 120 copies on Van Gelder Holland paper, signed by the poet and the painter (No. 22). Autograph dedication signed on the half-title page: To Claude Blum / with warmest regards / René Char