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First Edition. Oversize folio (46cm.); white paper-covered clamshell box, embossed thermoformed plastic plate mounted to upper cover, six leaves laid in as issued, to which are mounted thermoformed plates on rectos and versos with the exception of the last leaf, on whose verso is printed the colophon. Clamshell box a bit dust-soiled, else Near Fine. Lacking the cardboard shipping box. Quite possibly the only "comic book" in its class, Le Grand Rêve Americain (The Great American Dream) adapts technology developed by Philippe Schléret and Véronique Hauss, using molded plastic to create brilliantly colored 3D images. The work exuberantly lampoons Pop Art, American culture, and early underground comic books. Of all who have ever encountered the work and written of it, seemingly none have failed to mention the heavy use of oversized female breasts that jut out from nearly every panel. (Indeed, OCLC record no. 712159856 lists "Large-breasted women" as one of the subjects.) Other tropes not to be ignored include fancy sports cars, gangsters, and fastfood joints. OCLC notes 8 holdings.