The blue dream
Subtitle: a poem written for Man Ray.
By: [by] Louis Aragon :
Contributors: Caine, Michael Christopher.
Publisher: Ecole des Beaux Arts de Nancy
Place of publication: [Nancy
Language: fre
Number of pages: 12
Notes: Imprint from colophon; no date of publication.

Hand-set in Modern Roman No. 20 and printed in pale blue and lavender.  The French text is carved from wooden blocks, of mahogany and pine, and printed alongside seven 2 and 3 colour woodcuts onto white Velin Cuve BFK Rives mould made paper (from artist'scatalogue).

Produced at the time of the 1981 French Elections, reflected in the book's attempt to depict Giscard d'Estaing as 'Le Bon Roi Dagobert'; the king caught with his trousers on backwards. (from artist's catalogue).

This book selected for the 'British Artists Books since 1970' exhibition, held in London in the autumn of 1983. (from artist's catalogue).

Ed. of 15 copies.

Designed and printed by Michael Christopher Caine.

Date of publication and other information from artist's catalogue.

Black cloth chemise and slipcase.