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CHOIX DE QUELQUES-UNES DES OURVRES DE MAX ERNST, JACQUES FERRER, CLAUDE GEORGES, JENNETT LAM, WILFREDO LAM, HENRI MICHAUX, LOUIS PONS, SIMA, DOREOTHEA TANNING, VISEUX. 1972.

paul robertson — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:53:32 +0000

Paris: La Galerie Le Point Cardinal, 1972 14.8 x 10cm, outer folder printed black on yellow card content of ten postcards (all joined together leporello but with perforations allowing the card to be separated). The cards are b/w images of works by Max Ernst, Jacques Ferrer, Claude Georges, Jennett Lam, Wilfredo Lam, Henri Michaux, Louis Pons, Sima, Doreothea Tanning and Viseux. Complete and all cards attached. Scarce.

LE LOBE DES MONSTERS. 1944. ONE OF 230 COPIES.

paul robertson — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 17:02:50 +0000

Lyon: L'Arbalete, 1944

11.5 x 15m, unpaginated (56pp). Original wrappers. First edition of the proto-surrealist's collection of poems written under occupation and printed at the end of the war. The repeated hints of threat and the dreams of monsters hints at a deep hatred of Nazism.

One of 230 numbered copies on fil Lana from a total edition of only 235. One hors-texte illustration by Michaux which borrows some techniques from Ernst (Michaux felt that the automatist aspects of surrealism were the more honest rather than the slightly cliched - even by the 40s - dream juxtapositions more typically found in Dali and Magritte. Very good with only minor flaws. Very scarce.

ANTI-PROCESS MANIFESTATION COLLECTIVE ORGANISEE PAR ALAIN JOUFFROY ET JEAN-JACQUES LABEL. 1960.

paul robertson — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:48:02 +0000

Paris: Galerie des Quatre Saisons, 1960 44.8 x 28 cm black on orange paper. Announcement poster/political tract for one of the three famous public protestations against the Algerian war, which took place in the form of artist exhibitions. The illustration on the poster is of a public execution by guillotine and beneath it a quotation by Marcel Duchamp: "Il faut abolir l'idee de jugement". The exhibition included works by various surrealists and nouvelle realists including Victor Brauner, Bona de Mandiargues, Camille Bryen, Jorge Camacho, Cardenas, CÃ©sar, Bernard Dufour, Ferro (who was not called yet Erro), Oyvind Falhstrom, Wifredo Lam, Hundertwasser, Henri Michaux, Roberto Matta amongst others. Others (such as Dufrene) played music or read poetry. The poster also reproduces a political tract signed by many of the artists entitled: "Pour le droit de l'homme a disposer de lui-meme". Folded but overall a very good example of an important political action.