Paris et Galliard: [Privately Published], 1987. No. III of XV deluxe copies (total edition also included 75 numbered copies), signed by both authors at colophon. Seven unbound unbound sheets, folded to form 28]pp, including illus; with [5] additional sheets featuring original illustrations to rectos only. Oblong 8vo. Laid into French-fold covers; glassine wrapper; illustrated board slipcase. Some open tears and tattering to glassine wrapper, else fine.
A limited edition artist's book pairing a previously unpublished text by French experimental novelist and poet Michel Butor (1926-2016) with four original acrylic drawings by artist Michel Sicard (b. 1950); one of numerous collaborative works between the two. This deluxe edition signed by both authors, with five extra sheets containing additional original illustrations by Sicard. The reproduced holograph text by Butor was silk-screened by André Dupertuis in Eygalières. A lovely production, housed in a slipcase featuring an ink wash illustration.
