Le Roi du bois
Paris, Éditions infernales, 1992.
1 vol. (270 x 335 mm) of 2 leaves, 32 p. and 2 leaves. In sheets, wraparound cover, in publisher's chemise and slipcase.
First edition. Sole printing of 48 copies on vellum.
One of 12 chapel copies reserved for the author and the artist (no. 12).
3 color etchings by Richard Texier, justified and signed.
One of 12 chapel copies reserved for the author and the artist (no. 12).
3 color etchings by Richard Texier, justified and signed.
Pierre Michon’s sixth text again captures a fragment of humanity drawn from a potentially ordinary life: that of a humble peasant, a swineherd and acorn-gatherer, who becomes a painter’s apprentice under Claude Lorrain in order to taste the “true life” of the rich and powerful. Twenty years have passed, and to become sensitive to the beauty of the world and to recount it, he looks back with a prince’s retrospective gaze, having returned to the muddy world to become, modestly, “the king of the wood.”
This is the first, limited edition of the text, later reissued by Éditions Verdier in 1995.
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