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MAX ERNST: 30 YEARS OF HIS WORK - A SURVEY (ABOUT MAX ERNST: AT EYE LEVEL - POEMS AND COMMENTS / BY MAX ERNST: PARAMYTHS - NEW POEMS AND COLLAGES)
by (ERNST, MAX). Ernst, Max. With brief texts by Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, Rene Crevel, Paul Eluard, Dorthea Tanning, J.F.P., Benjamin Peret, Man Ray, Robert Desnos & Nicolas Calas
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- Hardcover
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(ERNST, MAX). Ernst, Max. With brief texts by Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, Rene Crevel, Paul Eluard, Dorthea Tanning, J.F.P., Benjamin Peret, Man Ray, Robert Desnos & Nicolas Calas. MAX ERNST: 30 YEARS OF HIS WORK - A SURVEY (ABOUT MAX ERNST: AT EYE LEVEL - POEMS AND COMMENTS / BY MAX ERNST: PARAMYTHS - NEW POEMS AND COLLAGES). Beverly Hills, CA: The Copley Galleries, 1949. First Edition #121/513. 8vo. ¼ Cloth Over Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 39pp, 24 monochrome illustrations. Designed by Max Ernst. Printed by Lynton Kistler. Frontispiece photograph by Frederick Sommer. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming, elaborately designed and produced exhibition catalogue cum artist's book was published in conjunction with a 1949 show of sixty-six works executed between 1918 and 1948 by renowned Dada and Surrealist artist Max Ernst at the Beverly Hills gallery of William Nelson Copley - a.k.a artist Cply. The first portion - "At Eye Level" - contains brief Surrealist and Ernst-related texts and quotes by a stellar array of artists and literary figures that includes Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, Rene Crevel, Paul Eluard, Dorothea Tanning, J.F.P., Benjamin Peret, Man Ray, Robert Desnos, and Nicolas Calas. The second - "Paramyths" - is a series of eight poems and collages executed by the artist especially for this volume. A handsome, tightly bound example of this fragile, uncommon item limited to five hundred and thirteen copies NUMBERED (121/513) in ink on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some typical soiling and slight discoloration to its matte, textured boards, unobtrusive mottling to the blue cloth of the spine, and a small area of surface paper abrasion to the rear board. Internally, there is a tiny bit of mild foxing to a few pages throughout along with occasional discoloration and perished glue at the gutter of some of the pages. Inventory Number: 026378
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- Arcana: Books on the Arts
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026378
- Title
- MAX ERNST: 30 YEARS OF HIS WORK - A SURVEY (ABOUT MAX ERNST: AT EYE LEVEL - POEMS AND COMMENTS / BY MAX ERNST: PARAMYTHS - NEW POEMS AND COLLAGES)
- Author
- (ERNST, MAX). Ernst, Max. With brief texts by Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, Rene Crevel, Paul Eluard, Dorthea Tanning, J.F.P., Benjamin Peret, Man Ray, Robert Desnos & Nicolas Calas
- Format/Binding
- ¼ Cloth Over Pictorial Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition #121/513
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Copley Galleries
- Place of Publication
- Beverly Hills, CA
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Max Ernst, William Copley, Cply, William Copley, The Copley Gallery Galleries, Collage, Artist Monograph, Artist Artist Book Books, Frederick Sommer, Lynton Kistler, Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, Rene Crevel, Paul Eluard, Dorothea Tanning, J.F.P., Benjamin
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Arcana: Books on the Arts is an open shop located in Culver City, California. Their specialties are Photography, 20th Century Art, Architecture, Design, Fashion & Cinema; Modern Art Ephemera and Exhibition Catalogues; as well as African, Oceanic, PreColumbian and Ethnographic Arts.
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