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Associated with the surrealists, he charted an independent path into the unknown, travelling widely. Henri michauxs most popular book is darkness moves. A lyric poet, painter, and draughtsman, henri michaux produced smallscale works in india ink, watercolor, oil, and acrylic. This book presents the first detailed examination of a particular interdisciplinary aspect of his production, namely, the innovative experimentation with signs contained in four works. His travels throughout the americas, asia, and africa inspired his first two books, ecuador and a barbarian in asia. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from soso to excellent. As a young man he abandoned his university studies and joined the merchant marine. Michaux, henri 1899 michaux is a belgian poet, prose writer, and artist who writes in french. The figure of plume preoccupied the great belgian poet henri michaux throughout his career. Henri michaux meidosems 1948 available for sale artsy. In this manner he traveled to asia and south america. Frederic sepher pointed out that much of his poetry reads like short stories, although most of it does rhyme. Brilliantly translated by richard ellmann, michaux asks readers to join him in a fantastic world of the. Henri michaux, belgianborn french lyric poet and painter who examined the inner world revealed by dreams, fantasies, and hallucinogenic drugs.
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