Published to accompany an important exhibition on the avant-garde bookseller and gallery-owner Jean Petithory held at the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge in September 2013, this beautifully lithographed book has 48 illustrations with images by Aude Jessemin, Maurice Lemaître, Henri Maccheroni, Man Ray, Joan Miro, Nicolas Schöffer, Henri Chopin, Paul-Armand Gette, Jean-Claude Silbermann, Jacques Spacagna and Roland Sabatier and includes original texts by Jean Khalfa, Isabelle Chol, Gaëlle Théval and Fréderic Acquaviva.

Hands Free / Les Mains Libres
From Dada to Lettrism and Body Art

Jean Petithory avant-garde publisher and bookseller

Edited by Jean Khalfa

Limited edition - 500 copies


ISBN: 9781900355797
Paperback / sewn binding
Size -
420 x 297 mm
Pgs 80
Illustrations: 26 colour, 22 b&w
Pub Date: September 2013

UK - £30.00
USA - $45.00
EU - €45.00



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