At the point where theoretical reflection meets poetic practice, the “Presentation”, which is both a notion and an effect, allows us to scrutinize the alignment of these two levels in Reverdy’s works, and to question the consistency of a concept which seems to be first and foremost critical, in as much as it allows for a detachment from “Representation” in its many forms. Beyond the critical examination of the notion, the study of the fate of the volume Le Cadran quadrillé (The Checkered Dial) allows us afterwards to lay bare the foundations of this Poetics of Presentation.