Facile

Contains 5 poems by Éluard, accompanied by 12 rotogravure reproductions of photographic figure studies (some composite) of Nusch Éluard, wife of the poet, by Man Ray. Another photograph by Man Ray is reproduced on the front cover; based on a negative image of the type set for the title page. Edition designed and produced in collaboration with the publisher, Guy Levis-Mano. For discussion, cf. Surrealism and the book / Renée Riese Hubert. Berkeley, 1988. p. 73-83. Consists of 6 bifolia; 3rd and 4th form a 4-leaf gathering; last leaf is blank. A blank bifolium at beginning is not counted in collation, above.