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DUBUFFET Jean (1901-1985)

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DUBUFFET Jean (1901-1985)

Plu kiefekler mouinkon nivoua. S.l., Ler dutan, s.d.
In-12, 2 ff. bl., title, 2 ff. bl., 54 pp., 4 ff. bl. except one with original spine glued. Full greige chamois titled on the plates by an oval yoke of beige and dark brown morocco, beige chamois endpapers, shirt and cardboard case of beige cardboard and dark brown morocco back titled.
Original edition in Dubuffet phonetic jargon including: An vouaiaje anlonerd gaztonchesac| Ler dla campane| La bonfam abeber.
One of the 150 copies on Arches wove paper (no. 77).
In 1949, Pierre Bettencourt met Jean Dubuffet and their friendship lasted until the latter's death in 1985. A year after their meeting,
Pierre Bettencourt, who had bought a press and started printing books in small print runs, composed himself and printed on his press Plu Kifekler moinkon Nivoua, a 60-page book in 175 copies.
The copy was in perfect condition.