Multi-Footed Sculptures

Claude Berge, Multi-Footed Sculptures, presented by Philippe Soupault, followed by 'From Lithomorphites to Hairy Stones' by Noël Arnaud. Photographs by Delagenière. Paris, Presses de Lanord, August 1962. First and only edition, limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies: this is no. 522. Quarto pamphlet, illustrated publisher's wrappers with black and white photograph of a sculpture by the author. Fascinating document revealing the artistic side of Claude Berge, mathematician of worldwide fame for his contributions to graph theory, here presented by surrealist poet Philippe Soupault. The 'multi-footed sculptures'—assemblages of natural stones—inscribe themselves in the tradition of the objet trouvé dear to Surrealism. Copy in good general condition, with normal age patina to the cover. Rare on the market; sought after by collectors of surrealist editions and French artist's books of the 1960s.