Signé; André Verdet / Robert Helman - Vers une république du soleil [1/112 avec envoi] - 1958

Original edition of this powerful poetic collection by André Verdet (1913-2004), adorned with five original color lithographs outside the text by Robert Helman (1910-1990).

Limited edition of only 112 copies. This one, printed on Pur Fil d'Arches, is hand-numbered 104 and signed by the author and artist on the certificate.

Enriched with a very beautiful gift from André Verdet: [For Andrée Claire - in happy memory of a day of sunshine and painting in St Paul de Vence. To the artist and friend - affectionately. André Verdet, May 23, 1961.]

In leaves, with a padded cover and double green cardboard slipcase (cover and box). In very good condition. The cover is slightly yellowed, the interior is fresh and clean despite a slight transfer of the engravings. A fine copy.

Born in Nice to a family from Saint-Paul de Vence, André Verdet grew up in Saint-Paul de Vence with his uncle, a former mayor of the village, and his aunt. Both a resistor and a multifaceted artist, André Verdet was for more than half a century an accomplice to the painters and writers who frequented his village. Engaged in the Resistance during the war, André Verdet was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Auschwitz and then to Buchenwald. During the harsh hours of his captivity, he clung to the stars to find the strength to survive.
After the war, he dedicated himself to his work as a writer. It was a meeting with Jean Giono in 1935 that sparked his love for writing.

Signed; André Verdet / Robert Helman
Towards a republic of the sun [1/112 with dispatch]
P.J. Oswald, Paris (1958).
Small-sized in-4 (25 x 19 cm), unpaginated, approximately 40 pages.