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Le sourire au pied de l'échelle

Réf. 39393
€ 6000.00

Henry MILLER illustrated by Hans FALK

Lausanne  -  André et Pierre Gonin  -  1978

  • Format : Fort in-4
  • Number of volumes : 1 volume.
  • Binding : In sheets.
  • Collation : Non paginé (environ 240 pp.)
  • Language : Français
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In plexiglass case. Under cardboard cover. Very fresh interior. Partially incomplete text 

Unique copy LIMITED EDITION OF 132 copies, all on Rives vellum and justified by the signature of the artist and publishers. Copy B, unique and intended for Mr. Grégoire Salmanowitch, containing a large quantity of original drawings and essays by Hans Falk used to establish the edition, in ink enhanced with gouache or watercolour.
Hans Falk (1918-2002), a Swiss painter and graphic designer, accompanied the "Knie" circus on its tour of Switzerland in 1977. Fascinated by the circus, he published the book "Hans Falk - Circus zum Thema" (ABC-Verlag) and the documentary "Circus Blues" (FilmArts) 
Henry Miller wrote "The smile at the foot of the ladder" in 1948, an "almost novel" about a character dear to the author: the clown, about whom he would say: "The clown is the poet in action.

He is the story he plays. The clown has a deep attraction for me (although I didn't always suspect it), precisely because laughter stands between the world and him. His laugh is never homeric. It's a silent laugh without cheerfulness, as they say. The clown teaches us to laugh at ourselves. And that laughter is born of tears. Without a doubt, this is the strangest story I have written to date. "
Exceptional exemplary: it is a model of the work, some parts of the text of which are laminated.

It includes magnificent paintings, sketches, original drawings and prints enhanced by Hans Falk.


Very good condition.

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