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ELUARD (Paul).

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Freedom I write your name. Framed piece. Paris, Pierre Seghers, 1953. Large booklet in-8 (32 x 16,5 cm), accordion book formed of eight flaps unfolding on 127 cm, the leaves are folded and fixed to the back. Framed. First illustrated edition of this emblematic poem of the Resistance. Poem-object in accordion decorated with stencils in colors by Fernand Léger realized by Albert Jon. Edition at 238 copies, this one n° 164 on Auvergne paper from Richard de Bas paper mills. Mythical book-object conceived under the direction of Pierre Seghers. From the Cécile Éluard collection. L. Saphire, Fernand Léger. L'Œuvre gravé, 1985, p. 300.