85 - André FRÉNAUD. For the Service for the Dead.

André FRÉNAUD. For the Service for the Dead. [Alès], PAB, 1961. In-8, loose-leaf, cover with flaps. First edition: illustrated with four original woodcuts engraved by Raoul Ubac, three of which are full-page. Limited edition of 60 copies: copy no. 50, signed by the poet and the artist. Included is a set of the four woodcuts engraved by Raoul Ubac, printed on Chinese paper, plus one of the woodcuts on vellum, signed. This is André Frénaud’s fifth book illustrated by his collaborator Raoul Ubac, with whom he had been working since 1943. “From this encounter would spring a long friendship coupled with a steadfast collaboration, resulting in ten superbly illustrated books ranging from *Énorme figure de la déesse Raison* (1950) to *Construire en marguerite* (1981)” (Jean-Paul Madou in *La Voix et le Geste: André Frénaud and His Painters*, p. 77).