MATISSE Henri, CHAR René. LE POÈME PULVÉRISÉ. Paris, Fontaine, 1947: in-4 (260 x 190 mm) of 103-[3] pp. paperback, in a filled cover. First edition. One of 65 numbered first copies on Johannot pur fil (H-C 20), the only ones to include an original linocut by Henri Matisse on the frontispiece, which is signed here. Very fine signed autograph lettering: "Boundless lyre of dust, surcroît de notre cœur. [LE POÈME PULVÉRISÉ] à Bernard Gheerbrant, dans l'amitié de laquelle le poème s'accomplit et, rassuré, voit ses jours grandir... René Char."