MESENS, Théodore. *FEMME COMPLETE*. Poem published in 1933 i - Lot 19

MESENS, Théodore. *FEMME COMPLETE*. Poem published in 1933 in Brussels by Nicolas Flamel, with an illustration by René Magritte, in a burgundy cardboard slipcase with a drawstring. Rare first edition limited to 200 unnumbered, non-commercial copies signed by Mesens; this one is No. 39, a copy belonging to René Gérard Tears, missing pages, and restorations as is Included: COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON SURREALISM AND THE AVANT-GARDE: *A la Niche les glapisseurs de Dieu*, *Un Cadavre*, leaflet *Les Surréalistes* by Garry Davis, Picabia invitation card, Rimbaud stamps, *Manifesto of Realist Abstraction*, Silbermann *La Grande récré*, Subscription form for *Les Jeux de la Poupée*, Jean-Jacques Lebel poster, *Quelques indications supplémentaires sur la mort et son incidence*, invitation card for the T’Serstevens exhibition at the Jacques Dorval Gallery, 1959, invitation card from the Galerie Coard for the works of Laure Garcin, 1963