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PICABIA Francis (1879-1953)
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PICABIA Francis (1879-1953)
CHI-LO-SA? Autograph manuscripts signed, August 19, 1949.
2 notebooks in-8 with autograph titles on the cover.
Complete working manuscript of "Chi-lo-sa?" with many unpublished works.
The first one is entitled "Chi-lo-sa? Poems", written in blue, black and red ink on the front and back of 41 sheets of squared paper, 81 pages. It is signed at the end and dated: "J'ai pensé à toi/Francis Picabia/19 août 1949/Rubingen".
This collection of more than a hundred poems, most of them short (from 2 to 8 lines), was published in 1950 in Alès by Pierre-André Benoît, with an innovative layout.
The manuscript is composed in 7 parts| the titles of the poems are written in red ink, several poems have erasures and corrections as well as important variants with the final text| the order of the poems will be totally modified in the edition, and some will change their title| many unpublished poems.
... "I laugh at all the masters who do not laugh at themselves...
To lovers with full hands. Joy of madness. All the honor of the woman is put in her ass. Beware of thinking... I know well where she comes from but I don't know where she goes, I'm afraid of my room...Always despise her with the hope of admiring. Faith does not save. Uncertainty of the madman.
Isn't it cruel to let live? To walk ahead to precede... To think alone so as not to be stupid...The wise man always smiles. Churches give ideas of love...I hear nothing but beautiful things...
The farthest friend is always too close... Poets always lie... Oh how she loved to look in the mirror... Communists believe that iron is made for them... The generous man puts himself at the service of his feelings...Love does not forgive the lack of desire... A stream of diamonds. Hang it on the stars" ...
The second handwritten notebook titled "Chi-lo-sa ? Poems and thoughts" written in black ink is a variant with modifications and additions of the previous manuscript. 60 pages in-8 in a schoolbook. It is signed "Oh ideal bird / Francis Picabia / Rubingen / 25 August 1949". On the title page is this epitaph "to those who now have ideals, their ideals often cause remorse: for the ideal is a virtue of another time than honesty".
Exceptional set.
CHI-LO-SA? Autograph manuscripts signed, August 19, 1949.
2 notebooks in-8 with autograph titles on the cover.
Complete working manuscript of "Chi-lo-sa?" with many unpublished works.
The first one is entitled "Chi-lo-sa? Poems", written in blue, black and red ink on the front and back of 41 sheets of squared paper, 81 pages. It is signed at the end and dated: "J'ai pensé à toi/Francis Picabia/19 août 1949/Rubingen".
This collection of more than a hundred poems, most of them short (from 2 to 8 lines), was published in 1950 in Alès by Pierre-André Benoît, with an innovative layout.
The manuscript is composed in 7 parts| the titles of the poems are written in red ink, several poems have erasures and corrections as well as important variants with the final text| the order of the poems will be totally modified in the edition, and some will change their title| many unpublished poems.
... "I laugh at all the masters who do not laugh at themselves...
To lovers with full hands. Joy of madness. All the honor of the woman is put in her ass. Beware of thinking... I know well where she comes from but I don't know where she goes, I'm afraid of my room...Always despise her with the hope of admiring. Faith does not save. Uncertainty of the madman.
Isn't it cruel to let live? To walk ahead to precede... To think alone so as not to be stupid...The wise man always smiles. Churches give ideas of love...I hear nothing but beautiful things...
The farthest friend is always too close... Poets always lie... Oh how she loved to look in the mirror... Communists believe that iron is made for them... The generous man puts himself at the service of his feelings...Love does not forgive the lack of desire... A stream of diamonds. Hang it on the stars" ...
The second handwritten notebook titled "Chi-lo-sa ? Poems and thoughts" written in black ink is a variant with modifications and additions of the previous manuscript. 60 pages in-8 in a schoolbook. It is signed "Oh ideal bird / Francis Picabia / Rubingen / 25 August 1949". On the title page is this epitaph "to those who now have ideals, their ideals often cause remorse: for the ideal is a virtue of another time than honesty".
Exceptional set.