(Various Artists) | With 11 signed engravings by Surrealist artists, including Bellmer, Duchamp, Magritte, and Man Ray

(Various Artists, comprising:) Hans Arp, Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Paul Delvaux, Marcel Duchamp, Wilhelm Freddie, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, André Masson, Echaurren R. Matta, Man Ray

International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving: The Forerunners of the Avant-Garde: Surrealism between Two Wars. Vol. II. Milan: Galerie Schwarz, engravings printed in Paris by G. Leblanc, text printed in Milan by Grafiche Gaiani, 1966

4to (300 x 240 mm). Limited to 100 copies, 60 numbered (1–60), 25 hors commerce for collaborators (I–XXV), and 15 artist proofs marked "E. A.," this number 39, numbered on the colophon and the plates, complete with 11 black and white engravings on handmade wove papier pur chiffon des Papeteries de Rives, each housed in a separate gray mount with a protective mylar window, information for each etching printed on verso of the mounts, signed in ink or pencil by artists and numbered 39/60. Original black cloth with red and white dye-stamped lettering on front board and spine; essentially pristine. Publisher's black cardboard slipcase.

A complete set of 11 signed and numbered first edition prints from Surrealist luminaries such as Duchamp, Magritte, and Bellmer, in a beautiful book with slipcase.

This book, the second of fourteen in the International Anthology of Contemporary Engraving series, is a museum unto itself. It contains original etchings by eleven major Surrealist artists, including major figures like Man Ray and Hans Arp; it is a valuable addition to any collection of twentieth-century modern art, allowing the viewer to compare and contrast between a group of artworks by similarly disposed artists, without the inconvenience of leaving home.

REFERENCES

Jacob 3; Schwarz 360; Cramer 74; Anselmino 72; not in Arntz