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BRAQUE (GEORGES) AND RENÉ CHAR Ainsi va l'amitié, NUMBER 16 OF 21 COPIES, initialled P.A.B.[enoit] on index leaf, and signed by Mariette Lachaud beneath final image, [Alès, Pab, 1961] image 1
BRAQUE (GEORGES) AND RENÉ CHAR Ainsi va l'amitié, NUMBER 16 OF 21 COPIES, initialled P.A.B.[enoit] on index leaf, and signed by Mariette Lachaud beneath final image, [Alès, Pab, 1961] image 2
BRAQUE (GEORGES) AND RENÉ CHAR Ainsi va l'amitié, NUMBER 16 OF 21 COPIES, initialled P.A.B.[enoit] on index leaf, and signed by Mariette Lachaud beneath final image, [Alès, Pab, 1961] image 3
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BRAQUE (GEORGES) AND RENÉ CHAR
Ainsi va l'amitié, NUMBER 16 OF 21 COPIES, initialled P.A.B.[enoit] on index leaf, and signed by Mariette Lachaud beneath final image, [Alès, Pab, 1961]

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BRAQUE (GEORGES) AND RENÉ CHAR

Ainsi va l'amitié, NUMBER 16 OF 21 COPIES, initialled P.A.B.[enoit] on index leaf, and signed by Mariette Lachaud beneath final image, 8 mounted photographs (4 by Benoit - all depicting Braque, 4 by Lachaud), calf extra by P.-L. Martin (signed and dated 1962 inside covers), panel of wood veneers blindstamped with names of authors and photographers on upper cover, lettered on spine and on matching half calf chemise (slightly worn), calf-edged slipcase, small oblong 4to (218 x 260mm.), [Alès, Pab, 1961]

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LIMITED TO ONLY 21 COPIES, THIS COPY IN A SPECIALLY MADE DESIGNER BINDING BY P.-L. MARTIN. The texts are by Georges Braque and René Char. Of the original gelatin print photographs the four by Benoit all depict Braque (at the Pont du Gard, L'isle sur Sorgue, and Varangeville), whilst one by Lachaud depicts the interior of Braque's Paris studio.

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