50 - Jean DUBUFFET. *Ler dla canpane* by Dubufe J. Paris, L’Art brut, Christmas 1948.

Jean DUBUFFET. *Ler dla canpane* by Dubufe J. Paris, L’Art brut, Christmas 1948. In-12 booklet, stapled, with a black half-calf slipcase. First edition. Two print runs were produced, both on newsprint: a standard run of approximately 150 copies and a limited run of 15 numbered copies. The back cover is missing. “Dubuffet’s first true book, written in the phonetic and colorful spelling he favored, illustrated, printed, and published by him” (Antoine Coron). It is illustrated with 10 engravings set against backgrounds of Camembert cheese boxes and shoe polish tins, linoleum, and veneer strips. A precious copy belonging to Henri Michaux, with this autographed dedication signed at the top of the title page: Thursday, January 5, 1949 for ANRIMICHO his beloved brute: Jean Dubuffet “Dubuffet, who drew and painted Michaux like no one else, is one of the painters in whom Michaux took the greatest interest, particularly as a leader and driving force behind Art Brut. His letters to Michaux attest to this […], as does Dubuffet’s correspondence with Paulhan and others” (Michaux, Œuvres complètes I, Pléiade, p. 1248). Front cover lined with Japanese paper, with some missing sections. Title page detached. (Peyré, *Peinture et Poésie, le dialogue par le livre*, p. 141.—Coron, *50 livres illustrés depuis 1947*, no. 6.—Jean Dubuffet, *Bibliothèque nationale*, 1982, no. 3.)