Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient Memorias de la mision arqueologica

Memorias de la mision arqueologica espanola en Nubia

subjective but very well-informed account (by a member of Charles the Bald's entourage) of the view that a great layman could have of the reign of Louis the Pious (814-840) and of the dissensions between his sons

transforming them into works of art

1 incomplete bound copy at €20: BATAILLE (André)

rich in quotations in both languages

Giacometti/Sade. Cruels objets du désir. Proche et Moyen Orient Memorias de la mision arqueologicaIn 1933, Alberto Giacometti wrote to Andr Breton: "Yesterday I read Sade, who fascinates me greatly." In the 1930s, Giacometti created objects with a symbolic function, imbued with the imagination of a violent eroticism similar to that of the writings of DAF de Sade. The era was one of the rehabilitation of the divine Marquis, a model of freedom and modernity for artists and writers. The libertine philosopher fascinated Giacometti and his friends,