Author: Max Ernst
Title: Une Semaine de Bontã©: Roman
Description: Paris, Aux Editions Jeanne Bucher , 1934. First edition. Paperback. The first limited edition of this important work of surrealism by Max Ernst, complete in five volumes housed in the original slipcase. An excellent set. The first edition of this surrealist work by Max Ernst, limited to eight-hundred copies printed on Navarre paper, of which the present collection is numbered seven-hundred-and-ten. An additional sixteen copies were printed on Arches paper. Complete in five volumes, housed in the original publisher's slipcase. In the original publisher's colourful wraps. In the original French. An innovative collage novel and artist's book by Max Ernst, comprising one-hundred-and-eighty-two plates created by cutting and re-organising illustrations from Victorian encyclopaedias and novels to present a dark, surreal world. Of these sources only a few were identified, including the novel Les Damnées de Paris by Jules Mary (1883), and a novel by Gustave Doré. Structured with seven sections spread through five volumes, each section represents a day of the week and has a distinctive theme that unites the images. Volume I: 'Sunday'; element: Mud; example: The Lion of BelfortVolume II: 'Monday'; element: Water; example: WaterVolume III: 'Tuesday'; element: Fire; example: The Dragon's HeartVolume IV: 'Wednesday'; element: Blood; example: OedipusVolume V: 'Thursday'; element: Black; example: The Rooster's Laughter; Easter Island         'Friday'; element: The View; example: Inside the View        'Saturday'; element: The Unknown; example: The Key of ChantsMax Ernst was a painter, sculptor and prolific artist, known as a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism. He was the inventor of the frottage, a technique that uses pencil rubbings of objects as a source of images, as well as the grattage, where paint is scraped across canvas to reveal imprints of objects placed beneath. His cottage novels were among some of his most well-known work. In the original publisher's colourful paper wraps. Externally generally very smart with minor shelf wear and occasional faint marking to the wraps. With a slight damp marking to the front wrap of vol. I and minor to vol. II. The slipcase is sound with minor chipping tot he extremities and a minor damp marking to the illustrated board and spine. Internally, firmly bound. A minor staining mark to the lower right corner of the first few leaves of volume I, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with one-hundred-and-eighty-two full page plates. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Max Ernst. Very Good Indeed .
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Title: Une Semaine de Bontã©: Roman
Description: Paris, Aux Editions Jeanne Bucher , 1934. First edition. Paperback. The first limited edition of this important work of surrealism by Max Ernst, complete in five volumes housed in the original slipcase. An excellent set. The first edition of this surrealist work by Max Ernst, limited to eight-hundred copies printed on Navarre paper, of which the present collection is numbered seven-hundred-and-ten. An additional sixteen copies were printed on Arches paper. Complete in five volumes, housed in the original publisher's slipcase. In the original publisher's colourful wraps. In the original French. An innovative collage novel and artist's book by Max Ernst, comprising one-hundred-and-eighty-two plates created by cutting and re-organising illustrations from Victorian encyclopaedias and novels to present a dark, surreal world. Of these sources only a few were identified, including the novel Les Damnées de Paris by Jules Mary (1883), and a novel by Gustave Doré. Structured with seven sections spread through five volumes, each section represents a day of the week and has a distinctive theme that unites the images. Volume I: 'Sunday'; element: Mud; example: The Lion of BelfortVolume II: 'Monday'; element: Water; example: WaterVolume III: 'Tuesday'; element: Fire; example: The Dragon's HeartVolume IV: 'Wednesday'; element: Blood; example: OedipusVolume V: 'Thursday'; element: Black; example: The Rooster's Laughter; Easter Island         'Friday'; element: The View; example: Inside the View        'Saturday'; element: The Unknown; example: The Key of ChantsMax Ernst was a painter, sculptor and prolific artist, known as a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism. He was the inventor of the frottage, a technique that uses pencil rubbings of objects as a source of images, as well as the grattage, where paint is scraped across canvas to reveal imprints of objects placed beneath. His cottage novels were among some of his most well-known work. In the original publisher's colourful paper wraps. Externally generally very smart with minor shelf wear and occasional faint marking to the wraps. With a slight damp marking to the front wrap of vol. I and minor to vol. II. The slipcase is sound with minor chipping tot he extremities and a minor damp marking to the illustrated board and spine. Internally, firmly bound. A minor staining mark to the lower right corner of the first few leaves of volume I, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with one-hundred-and-eighty-two full page plates. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Max Ernst. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: max ernst surrealism art first editions surrealism novels Max Ernst
Price: GBP 4900.00 = appr. US$ 6997.13 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 802A34
- Book number: 802A34
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