Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966)
Georges Bataille (1897-1962)
Histoire de rats
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1947
Octavo (20 × 16.2 cm), printed cover.
Original edition.
Illustration: 3 off-text etchings by Alberto Giacometti, one as the frontispiece.
From an edition of 210 copies. One of 160 numbered copies on Rives vellum paper (no. 119).
The text by Georges Bataille constitutes one of the three parts of Haine de la poésie, which appeared the same year; the author's readings and Kafkaesque influence are palpable.
Bibliography: H. C. Lust, Alberto Giacometti: The Complete Graphics and 15 drawings, no. 81-83.
