a 16-page booklet with three drawings and three handwritten pages with three poems by the artist, all ink on paper, signed and dated 'in 1951 geschreven en getekend door Lucebert' on the inside back cover, 28 x 23,7 cm.

Provenance: A gift from the artist to Aldo van Eyck circa 1951; Exhibited: Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 100x Lucebert, 30 March-1 September 2024; Literature: Ad Petersen, Lucebert in het Stedelijk: catalogus van alle schilderijen, tekeningen, gouaches, aquarellen en prenten in de verzameling, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 81; Hans Groenewegen a.o., Licht is de wind der duisternis: over Lucebert, Groningen, 1999, pp. 170/171, under 'g' and pp. 172/175 (illustrated in colour); Piet Gerbrandy and Suzanne Héman, Lucebert: Unica: 7 unieke cahiers in facsimile, Amsterdam, 2011 (facsimile reproduction of the complete booklet)

The present lot is the seventh in a series of eight known booklets which Lucebert created as gifts for close friends between 1949 and 1951. Each booklet is unique and different in style; each contains handmade drawings and (mostly) handwritten poetry by Lucebert. Other examples from this series were dedicated to Frieda Koch and her husband Bert Schierbeek, Remco Campert, Paula Eisenloeffel and Ferdinand Langen. The first five of the series are in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 1996. The present lot is one of three still remaining in private hands. Lucebert became friends with Aldo during the preparation of the first Cobra-exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in November 1949.