The Song Of The Engine - Etienne Beaurouge & Edouard Goerg - 1922

The Song of the Engine by Etienne Beaurouge - Paris, Éditions de la Librairie Six - 1922 - paperback, 33 pagesFirst edition.Five engravings by Édouard Goerg, for whom this is the first illustrated work.A curious work composed of poems in praise of the automobile and speed, dedicated to the cyclist and journalist Henri Desgrange, director of the magazine L'Auto and creator of the Tour de France auto. Limited edition of 100 copies on Japanese paper, copy 38.Philippe Soupault had just bought a bookstore for his wife (Librairie Six). It was located at the corner of Avenue de Lowendal and Avenue Duquesne, not far from Les Invalides. He suggested to Man Ray that he use this small space as a gallery for the famous Man Ray Dada exhibition, which took place from December 3 to 31, 1921. In 1922, in addition to La Chanson du moteur, Librairie Six published Les Malheurs des immortels, poems by Paul Eluard accompanied by collages by Max Ernst, and his collection Westwego.