Lied du figuier
S.l., “July 1964.”
1 leaf (155 x 150 mm), in a wrapper (160 x 155 mm), in wrappers.
Autograph manuscript of the poem.
A charming manuscript, signed and dated by René Char, who created a cover drawn and painted in ink, colored pencils and graphite, titled in India ink and signed in ink with the poet's initials.
A charming manuscript, signed and dated by René Char, who created a cover drawn and painted in ink, colored pencils and graphite, titled in India ink and signed in ink with the poet's initials.
Tant il gela que les branches laiteuses
Molestèrent la scie, se cassèrent aux mains.
Le printemps ne vit pas verdir les gracieuses.
Le figuier demanda au maître du gisant
L’arbuste d’une foi nouvelle.
Mais le loriot, son prophète,
L’aube chaude de son retour,
En se posant sur le désastre,
Au lieu de faim, périt d’amour.
This poem was published a little over a year later, in Retour amont, illustrated with three engravings by Alberto Giacometti.
It was the artist’s last illustrated book: he died in December 1965, just as the volume was being printed.
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