Signé; André Verdet - Requiem pour les cosmonautes - Ballade pour la comète de Halley [num. ; dessin original et envoi] - 1985

First edition of this collection of "astronomical" poems, composed by André Verdet (1913-2004). Text enhanced with two drawings by the artist reproduced as plates.

Limited edition of 120 copies on textured drawing paper, numbered and signed from 1 to 120, intended to include an original copper engraving by André Verdet (number 112, without the announced original engraving)

This copy is enhanced with an original ink drawing by André Verdet (constellation), and accompanied by a dated and signed inscription (1990) "For Laurent and Claire... their friend..."

Paperback, folded cover. Slight marks on the boards, crease along the spine. In very good condition.

"André Verdet (1913-2004) was very close to Picasso. A poet, painter, sculptor, and musician, this aesthete living in Saint-Paul-de-Vence became close to the artist when the latter settled in the South of France in 1948. [...] From 1957 onwards, Verdet, who said he learned to write with Prévert and to paint with Picasso, exhibited regularly. In 1961, under Picasso's influence, he created his first ceramics in Vallauris, at Madoura's studio. He published a collection of poems, *Le ciel et son fantôme* (Éditions Galilée), in 1975 and recorded his first album, *Picasso-Blues*, in 1980." (picasso.fr)

Signed; André Verdet
Requiem for the Cosmonauts - Ballad for Halley's Comet [with original drawing and inscription by the artist]
Paris, Palais de la Découverte, 1985
narrow octavo (23 x 12 cm); unpaginated [24 leaves]