Le nouveau Nouveau Monde de Lam

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Pollenza/Macerata, La Nuova Foglio, 1975

Fine

Large folio, 213 pages, numerous photographic illustrations of which many in duotone and many reproduced works by Lam. Black cloth and illustrated dust wrappers.

- First edition. Presentation copy with original drawing. Inscribed to Alain Tutat: “Pour Alain Tutal (sic) Amitie du peintre Lam Ciao Wilfredo Lam. Paris 7 3 – 1977.” One of (un numbered) thousand copies of this wonderfully produced monograph on Wilfredo Lam. With contributions by André Breton, Nicolas Calas, Alejo Carpentier, René Char, Aimé Césaire, Justino Fernandez, Max Pol Fouchet, Michel Leiris, Pierre Mabille, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Fernando Ortiz, Benjamin Péret, Victor Serge, Tristan Tzara, César Vallejo, Christian Zervos. With photographs by Ugo Mulas, Ylla, Marc Vaux, Helena Holzer, Zappatera and others. An impressive 'visual composition' about life and work of Wilfredo Lam.