CHAR (René) - DUMONT (Marcel). Un homme debout. Chateaurenard: Marcel Dumont, 1990. - In-folio, leaves, filled cover, blue cloth slipcase. Unique book entirely calligraphed and illustrated by the artist Marcel DUMONT (1921-1998), a painter considered one of the great masters of lyrical abstraction, appreciated by Jean Bazaine, Cocteau and François Cheng. Produced in spring 1990 on Rives wove paper, it includes the handwritten text accompanied by 24 ORIGINAL COLOR WORKS BY THE ARTIST, unsigned, including 3 on double page. Enclosed are photocopies of letters by Marcel Dumont, correspondence from the artist's family, and a poster and brochure published in 2002 for the exhibition of Dumont's paintings and drawings at Galerie J. E. Bernard in Avignon and Galerie Espace Culturel in Chateaurenard. Provenance: Marcel Dumont estate (1998 sale, Avignon, no. 141). - Jean Arquinet.