Prose of the Trans-Siberian and the Little Jehanne of France

  • BLAISE CENDRARS and SONIA DELAUNAY
    Prose of the Trans-Siberian and the Little Jehanne of France

  • Valentine Prax Bequest, 1981
  • 1913
  • Musée Zadkine

This prestigious and rare book is a work dedicated to Ossip Zadkine and the result of the artistic collaboration between Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay. On its cover you can read the words "First simultaneous book", as the poem by Cendrars accompanies the stencilled paintings by Sonia Delaunay. When unfolded, the book measures around 2 metres. With an announced print run of 150 copies which, laid end to end, would equal the height of the Eiffel Tower. Only thirty or so currently listed copies remain.

Blaise Cendrars et Sonia Delaunay, La Prose du Transsibérien - © Musée Zadkine
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