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Max Ernst - Benjamin Peret. La Brebis galante. Paris, Les Éditions Premières [Marcel Zerbib] 1949. Mit drei Farbradierungen, einer Lithographie (auf dem Umschlag), 21 meist pochoirkolorierten Tafeln nach Zeichnungen, 13 Initialen und einer Schlussvignette. Originalpappband mit -umschlag im Schuber. Ausrufzeit : ca. 15:15 (Zeitplan ohne Gewähr) Eins von 300 Exemplaren (Gesamtauflage 321). - Edition originale, der Text entstand bereits 1922 bis 1924. - Mit einer Extrasuite der Illustrationen in originalem Umschlag mit der wiederholten Titelradierung. - Benjamin Péret (1899-1959) gehörte zu den Mitbegründern des Surrealismus und gab, zusammen mit Pierre Naville, die ersten Nummern von »La Révolution surréaliste« heraus. Spies/Leppien 28 G. - LC 2001 123. - Monod 8969. - A&B 100. - Lang, Surrealismus 35 24 : 19,5 cm. 119, [3] Seiten. - Das Pergamin des Suitenumschlags am Rücken durchtrennt. Rücken beschädigt, Vorderdeckel lose. - Vorsatzblatt mit Abklatsch des Umschlags und Klebespuren. Schnitt mit einigen Stockflecken. english description: With three color etchings, one lithograph (on the cover), 21 plates—mostly colored using the pochoir technique—based on drawings, 13 initials, and a closing vignette. Original hardcover with wrapper in a slipcase. One of 300 copies (total print run 321). - First edition; the text was written between 1922 and 1924. - Includes an extra suite of illustrations in its original wrapper featuring the repeated title etching. - Benjamin Péret (1899-1959) was one of the co-founders of Surrealism and, together with Pierre Naville, edited the first issues of »La Révolution surréaliste«. - »A leading member of both the Dada and Surrealist movements, Max Ernst found book illustration an effective mode of artistic expression and communi-cation. His juxtaport-folio and slipcaseed found images and the use of collage technique and invented imagery hallmark his irrational and dreamlike art.« (Robert Flynn Johnson, in: Logan Collection). - »A major surrealist illustrated book« (Renée Riese Hubert, in: Surrealism and the Book, p. 34). The glassine on the spine of the suite cover is torn. The spine is damaged, and the front cover is loose. - The endpaper has an offset from the cover and traces of glue. The edges have a few foxing spots.
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