SURREALISM IN 1947 Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp, Paris, Maeght, Pierre à feu, 1947, in-4, square, soft-fold cover, in pink cardboard sleeve containing the original object by Marcel Duchamp and Enrico Donati: "Le Sein" on the first cover and the label "Prière de toucher" on the second cover. Muted gray cardboard slipcase. ORIGINAL EDITION of this catalog published for the International Surrealist Exhibition presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Illustrated with numerous reproductions. Texts by Arp, Bataille, Breton, Gracq, Péret, etc. One of 950 numbered copies on vellum (no. 791), with 24 original hors-texte illustrations: 5 color lithographs by Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wifredo Lam and Joan Miro, 5 etchings (including one in color) by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Jean, Maria, Yves Tanguy and Dorothea Tanning, 2 woodcuts by Jean Arp and 12 black lithographs by Serge Brignoni, Alexandre Calder, Bruno Capacci, Elisabeth van Damme, Julio de Diego, Enrico Donati, David Hare, Jacqueline Lamba, Matta, Kay Sage, Yves Tanguy, Toyen and 44 plates of hors-texte illustrations. Incomplete with Dorothea Tanning etching. On the other hand, we have an unadvertised original hors-texte at the justification, a color lithograph by Man Ray. Some pages at the end are uncut. Copy with the breast in latex on black velvet and laminated on the cardboard sleeve (deluxe copy with either a breast in relief or a photograph of the breast, without the distribution being specified in the justification). Modern gray slipcase. Velvet slightly detached. Incomplete with black etching by Dorothea Tanning.
Estimate
€6,000 - €8,000
Result
€14,200
Buyer's premium
25%
SURREALISM IN 1947
Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp, Paris, Maeght, Pierre à feu, 1947, in-4, square, soft-fold cover, in pink cardboard sleeve containing the original object by Marcel Duchamp and Enrico Donati: "Le Sein" on the first cover and the label "Prière de toucher" on the second cover. Muted gray cardboard slipcase.
ORIGINAL EDITION of this catalog published for the International Surrealist Exhibition presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Illustrated with numerous reproductions. Texts by Arp, Bataille, Breton, Gracq, Péret, etc. One of 950 numbered copies on vellum (no. 791), with 24 original hors-texte illustrations: 5 color lithographs by Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wifredo Lam and Joan Miro, 5 etchings (including one in color) by Hans Bellmer, Marcel Jean, Maria, Yves Tanguy and Dorothea Tanning, 2 woodcuts by Jean Arp and 12 black lithographs by Serge Brignoni, Alexandre Calder, Bruno Capacci, Elisabeth van Damme, Julio de Diego, Enrico Donati, David Hare, Jacqueline Lamba, Matta, Kay Sage, Yves Tanguy, Toyen and 44 plates of hors-texte illustrations. Incomplete with Dorothea Tanning etching. On the other hand, we have an unadvertised original hors-texte at the justification, a color lithograph by Man Ray. Some pages at the end are uncut. Copy with the breast in latex on black velvet and laminated on the cardboard sleeve (deluxe copy with either a breast in relief or a photograph of the breast, without the distribution being specified in the justification).
Modern gray slipcase.
Velvet slightly detached.
Incomplete with black etching by Dorothea Tanning.
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