MICHAUX Henri. PEINTURES ET DESSINS. Paris, Le Point du Jour, 1946: small in-4 (260 x 207 mm) of 43-[10] pp. paperback, filled illustrated cover; publisher's slipcase. Partly original edition with an unpublished foreword and forty-three plates printed in black and colour. One of the 7 first copies on B.F.K. de Rives (n°1), signed by the author, the only ones to include an original drawing: Sans titre, [1946]. Graphite rubbing on wove paper. Signed lower right. Dedicated on verso in graphite: "amicalement à Bernard Gheerbrant, Henri Michaux". 320 x 240 mm This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné being prepared by Micheline Phankim, Rainer Michael Mason and Franck Leibovici. Bibliography: Peindre, composer, écrire, BNF, 1999, no. 88, reproduced [misidentified as belonging to a copy of Exorcismes]. Enriched copy with two signed autograph letters relating to the preparation of the exhibition (2 pp. in-12, in ink on paper): "to Mr. Gheerbrant, Director of La Hune. I'm sorry I couldn't find the time to go and see you, and to take you to my framer. His work is not yet finished, and will not be until Friday evening. As a result, I have not been able to pay him, as his account has not been settled. If you would like to have the framed drawings taken in due course, here is a note for him. But you will have to pay for the framing, for which I apologise, and which I will reimburse if there is no sale at La Hune. Yours sincerely, HM. "14 November 1947. Dear Sir, would you please give my watercolours and drawings, numbering 13 (or 12 if you have a drawing), as agreed, to the bearer of Mr Bertelé (Éditions du Point du Jour). Thank you, Henri Michaux.