Surrealism
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La Revolution Surrealiste 1 - 12
by Pierre; Peret, Benjamin; Artaud, Antonin; Breton, Andre, Eds Naville
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Surrealism Books & Ephemera
Rhétorique No. 1
by Bosmans, Andre, ed
Tilleur-les-Liège, Belgium: Editions de la revue Rhétorique, 1961. First edition. 12mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in French. Debut issue of the Belgian avant-garde and Surrealist little magazine, illustrated with three works by René Magritte, and work by Rachel Baes, as well as contributions from Greorges Roux, Louis Scutenaire, Marcel Béalu, Paul Dewalhans, Jean-Sébastian Vert, Achille Cavée, Gérard van Bruaene, and Paul Colinet. A hint of rubbing along spine else fine.
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€42.52
We a grain. Signed.
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
Inverness, CA: 1981. Original drawing annotated "All good wishes for 1981 Love Gordon" on the verso of a card reproducing the acrylic "We a grain." 3.375 x 5 inches. From the collection of the late San Francisco artist Vesta Kirby (1936-2016) who was a designer at SOM and the studio and restoration assistant and to Ford (1987-1992).
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€141.72
Anagrammes
by Zürn, Unica
[n.p.]: Transitions, 1982. First edition. 96 pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers. Spine slightly faded, near fine. Contains 63 of Zürn's anagrammatic poems, with the original German and French translations, along with illustrations and reproductions of her original texts. Preface by Françoise Buisson; commentary and medical documents assembled by J.F. Reverzy; translated into the French by Marc Payen. Published as a supplement to "Transitions" numbers 11 and 12, 1983.
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€330.68
A LITTLE ANTHOLOGY OF SURREALIST POEMS
by AUSTER, Paul (Translator)
[New York]: Siamese Banana Press , [1972]. First Edition. Wraps. Slight darkening to covers. Near Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") consisting of mimeographed leaves printed on rectos only and stapled into printed card covers illustrated by George Schneeman. Auster's first book, an anthology of poems translated by him. Poets include Andre Breton, Tristan Tzara, Louis Aragon, Hans Arp, Paul Eluard, Rene Char, Benjamin Peret, Robert Desnos, and Antonin Artaud.
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€295.25
Being in Common. Signed.
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
Inverness, CA: 1980. Card with a reproduction of the acrylic "Being in Common" with the annotation "All good wishes for 1980 Gordon" on the verso . 6 x 9 inches. From the collection of the late San Francisco artist Vesta Kirby (1936-2016) who was a designer at SOM and the studio and restoration assistant and to Ford (1987-1992).
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€94.48
Cardinals SInging, Chanting...
by Romero, Elias
ca. 1960s.. Print measuring 12 x 9 inches. Marginal wrinkles.
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€33.07
Vilem Kriz: Photographs
by Kriz, Vilem
Portland, OR: S. K. Josefsberg Studio, 1979. First edition, hardcover issue. Hardcover. Fine. One of the better monographs devoted to the Czech-American surrealist photographer. Limited to 250 hardcover copies (out of an edition of 2,000). 65 pages; 26 duo-tone plates; introduction by Rod Slemmons; professional history of the photographer as an appendix. First edition (first printing, hardcover issue). Fine in gray cloth boards. No jacket, as issued.
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€34.01
Picasso a Antibes. Photographies de Michel Sima. Commentees par Paul Eluard. Introduction par Jaime Sabartes
by Picasso, Pablo
[Paris]: Rene Drouin, 1948. First Edition, with more than 90 half-tone photographs of Picasso, with his family, working, and with completed works. With an important commentary by noted author and friend of Picasso's, Paul Eluard and an Introduction by another noted author and close friend, Jaime Sabartes. Folio, 3/4 blue morocco with marble pastepaper, spine panelled, author and title in gilt, teg, original pictorial wrappers of Picasso bound in. An important record of the master and his work.
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€472.40
![[POST-WAR SURREALISM] MiloÅ¡ KoreÄek: fokalky. 14. prosince 1988 - 9. ledna 1989 [December 15, 1988 to January 8, 1989]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/038/902/1585902038.0.b.jpg)
[POST-WAR SURREALISM] MiloÅ¡ KoreÄek: fokalky. 14. prosince 1988 - 9. ledna 1989 [December 15, 1988 to January 8, 1989]
by KoreÄek, MiloÅ¡
Catalog for an exhibition held at the Cultural Centre in ProstÄjov, near Olomouc, Moravia, at the Metro Cinema in winter of 1988. Text by LudvÃk Kundera, explaining the technique of the fokalk. With a short list of exhibitions and biographical information. Signed by the artist. As of January 2024, not found in KVK or OCLC. Catalog for an exhibition held at the Cultural Centre in ProstÄjov, near Olomouc, Moravia, at the Metro Cinema in winter of 1988. Text by LudvÃk Kundera, explaining the...
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€75.00
The Spirit of Surrealism
by Henning, Edward B
Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. purple cloth. Fine in rubbed dust wrapper. 186 pages. 9 x 9". 181 illustrations, thirty-one in color.
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€33.07
![[CZECH SURREALISM] SouÄasná surrealistická koláž. AlÅ¡ova JihoÄeská galerie Hluboká nad Vltavou, únor 1967. Dům umÄnÃ, Äeské BudÄjovice [Contemporary surrealist collages. AleÅ¡ South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká on the Vltava, February 1967. House of Art, Äeské BudÄjovice]. With an original printed invitation card](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/095/902/1585902095.0.b.jpg)
[CZECH SURREALISM] SouÄasná surrealistická koláž. AlÅ¡ova JihoÄeská galerie Hluboká nad Vltavou, únor 1967. Dům umÄnÃ, Äeské BudÄjovice [Contemporary surrealist collages. AleÅ¡ South Bohemian Gallery in Hluboká on the Vltava, February 1967. House of Art, Äeské BudÄjovice]. With an original printed invitation card
Scarce exhibition catalog of surrealist collages, evidently based on a similar exhibit the previous year, which was organized and curated by members of the short-lived Brno-based "Lacoste" Group of Czech surrealists. With an introduction by ArnoÅ¡t BudÃk and a short text in French by Hynek RulÃÅ¡ek. Graphic design of catalog and invitation by Karel Fiala. KVK, OCLC show a sole copy, at the Czech National Library. Scarce exhibition catalog of surrealist collages, evidently based on a similar...
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€100.00
MAGRITTE.
by TORCZYNER Harry
New York,: Abrams,, 1977.. In-4 p., tela editoriale, sovracoperta, pp. 277, con 527 ill. in b.n. e a colori nel testo. Catalogo antologico del grande artista belga (1898-1967). In ottimo stato.
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€30.00
Le Triskèle. Collages, cravates, gravures, contourages, dessins et peintures, timbres-poste et objets surréalistes d'aujourd'hui.
by LE TRISKÈLE
Paris: Le Triskèle., 1978. First edition. Poster. Very Good. Poster. 330x440mm. Folded twice. B/w illust. Works by Abeille, Baron, Bédouin, Bounoure, Kervorkian, Halina, Hallart, Lagarde, Lebel, Mansour, Télémaque, Terrossian etc. A little rubbed and creased.
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€33.17
Original drawing on a large format letter.
by Benoît, Jean (1922 -2010)
Paris: 1971. ALS with wash drawing. 32 x 23cm. Drawing of an ancient man on the shoulder so another on a letter in which he asks a client to be patient for a promised work. See details below in French. Jean Benoît, né à Québec en 1922 et mort le 20 août 2010 à Paris. BENOIT, Jean. Lettre autographe signée à un cher ami au sujet de l'objet-emboîtage qu'il a promis. " Vous ne serez pas déçu. C'est le travail le plus délicat que je n'ai jamais réalisé ". L'esquisse en est tracée au...
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€566.88
British Surrealism, fifty years on.
by SURREALISM
London: The Mayor Gallery., 1986. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Original stiff printed yellow wraps. 72 pages. [compiled by Andrew Murray ; introduction and chronology by Michel Remy]. Cpovers a little rubbed, stamp of The Mayor Gallery to title-page.
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€33.17
Max Ernst
by ERNST, Max (artist)
New York: Byron Gallery, 1970. Softcover. A fine copy. 8.5 x 6.25 inches. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from October 28th - December 2nd 1970.
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€18.90
![Defensa de la poesia (Tres conferencias leidas en la universidad de Chile, el 7 de junio de 1939) [with] Defensa de la Mandragora](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/185/643/1258643185.0.b.2.jpg)
Defensa de la poesia (Tres conferencias leidas en la universidad de Chile, el 7 de junio de 1939) [with] Defensa de la Mandragora
by Arenas, Braulio, Teofilo Cid and Enrique Gomez [-Correa]
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Mandrágora, 1939. First Edition. Ephemera. Near Fine. [12] pages. Quarto (7.25" x 10") pamphlet with the single sheet, "Defensa de la Mandragora" laid in. A key document in the Chilean surrealist movement and of Latin American poetry. The three main Latin American surrealist writers-el grupo de la Mandragora-lay out their positions on poetry and politics, aligning themselves with Andre Breton and Salvador Dali in Europe and Vicente Huidobro of Chile. The three lectures...
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New. Signed.
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
Inverness, CA: circa 1985. Card with a reproduction of the acrylic "New" with the annotation "Season's Greetings" Gordon" on the verso . 6 x 9 inches. From the collection of the late San Francisco artist Vesta Kirby (1936-2016) who was a designer at SOM and the studio and restoration assistant and to Ford (1987-1992).
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€94.48
Original Color drawing in the Pursuit of the Marvelous. Signed.
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
Laguna Beach, CA: 1990. Original 2 color drawing with markers on the title pages of the catalogue: "To Vesta . . . Gordon." 12 x 9 inches. From the collection of the late San Francisco artist Vesta Kirby (1936-2016) who was a designer at SOM and the studio and restoration assistant and to Ford (1987-1992).
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€283.44
Man in Space. 1962. 70" x 118". Parle's paint on canvas
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
San Francisco: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1962.. Poster for 1962: “Gordon Onslow Ford, 1951-1962.” M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, September 21st-October 21st, 1962. 23.5 x 36 inches on China type paper. New marginal stains.
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€141.72
Rhétorique No. 6
by Bosmans, Andre, ed
Tilleur-les-Liège, Belgium: Editions de la revue Rhétorique, 1962. First edition. 12mo, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in French. Single issue of the Belgian avant-garde and Surrealist little magazine, illustrated with a frontispiece by René Magritte, and work by Maurice Rapin, André Bosmans, Lopuis Scutenaire, Jacques Wergifosse. Tips lightly creased else fine.
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€42.52
Max Ernst: Lithographies 1966-1976
by Ernst, Max
Centre Georges Pompidou, 1977. Soft Cover. Very Good. Exhibition catalog. Text in French. 13 pages. Staple-bound. Includes interview, black and white reproductions, bigoraphy. 9 3/8""w x 12 1/2""h.
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€37.04
Original Color drawing. Signed.
by Ford, Gordon Onslow (1912-2003)
Inverness, Ca: 1989. Color drawing, annotated "Love to Vesta" and dated 3-23-89. From the collection of the late San Francisco artist Vesta Kirby (1936-2016) who was a designer at SOM and the studio and restoration assistant and to Ford (1981-1992).
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€307.06
![Exhibition ["Objects of My Affection"]. Julien Levy Gallery, April 1945](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/438/678/1600678438.0.b.jpg)
Exhibition ["Objects of My Affection"]. Julien Levy Gallery, April 1945
by Man Ray
New York: Julien Levy Gallery, 1945. Single sheet, folded once to form [4] pp. Slight edgewear, minor staining to center crease. Slight transfer ghost to rear cover, as often seen. Exhibition brochure designed by Marcel Duchamp, cover image based on a photograph by Czech filmmaker Alexander Hackenschmied. Includes an artist's statement by Man Ray, a checklist of the exhibition, and some definitions by the artist about certain of his "objects of my affection.".
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€1,653.40
Les Diners de Gala
by DALI, Salvador
Paris: Draeger, 1973. hardcover. fine/near fine. Dali. Profusely illustrated in color & in black and white with photographs and drawings. Tall 4to, pictorial cloth, gold foil d.w., Paris: Draeger, (1973). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> "When six years old I wanted to be a cook Dali wrote. He is now sixty eight and his ambition is fulfilled in the shape of a book...." With 55 recipes illustrated in color."All the recipes in this cook...
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€377.92
