[FEIJOO (Samuel)]. Girasol: I camarada celeste (1941). S.l., - Lot 177

[FEIJOO (Samuel)]. Girasol: I camarada celeste (1941). S.l., s.n., 1944. In-12, 52 p., figs, recent lemon morocco, smooth spine, gilt author and title, gilt head, covers and spine preserved. Rare collection of poems by Cuban painter and poet Samuel Feijóo (1914-1992), illustrated with a drawing printed on the v° of the last f. and a vignette on the 4th cover. The sunflower symbol ("girasol") is currently used by Cuban activists opposed to the dictatorship. The copy contains a leaflet in which the author presents the work. Autograph signed letter from the poet, dated 1945, to Robert Altmann (1915-2017), avant-garde publisher who founded the Brunidor publishing house in New York in 1947, and art collector who spent part of his life in Cuba.