225 - Portfolio Collections and Graphic Anthologies - *Le Surréalisme en 1947*. *Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme*. Presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Paris, Pierre a Feu · Maeght 1947. With 24 original prints and 44 plates. Original paperback in original cardboard slipcase. Front cover with a mounted object by Marcel Duchamp; back cover with a colored sticker. In a half-leather slipcase.

Portfolio Collections and Graphic Anthologies - *Le Surréalisme en 1947*. *Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme*. Presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp. Paris, Pierre a Feu · Maeght 1947. With 24 original prints and 44 plates. Original paperback in original cardboard slipcase. Front cover with a mounted object by Marcel Duchamp; back cover with a colored sticker. In a half-leather slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 3:00 p.m. (schedule subject to change) First edition. - One of 950 copies of the special edition featuring the 24 original prints and the original object by Duchamp on the front cover; in most copies of the special edition, this was replaced by a photograph. The replica of a female breast made of painted foam rubber on black velvet ranks among the most significant book designs of the 20th century. - The special edition of this important catalog contains 18 lithographs (five of which are in color) by Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Matta, Man Ray (not listed in the table of contents), and others; four etchings, including works by Hans Bellmer, Yves Tanguy, and Dorothea Tanning; one photogravure; and two woodcuts by Hans Arp. - With important essays by Arp, Bellmer, Breton, Péret, and others. - “A visual and tactile demonstration of Surrealism” (Lothar Lang). Herbert Moldering even writes (in the foreword to the catalog of the Bokelberg Surrealism Collection): “Is there a more beautiful symbol for the tactile dimension of acquiring knowledge through books, for that sensual intimacy that will give way to neutral screen data in the electronic libraries of the future? The library of the future is Plato’s Cave, in which all the books of the world will be present, but only as disembodied shadows.”—Not only is the catalog considered a milestone in book art, but the exhibition’s design was also extraordinary: While Breton developed the overall concept, Kiesler designed the “Salle de Superstition” as an egg-shaped, flowing space. — With the sticker “Prière de toucher” on the back cover and a second one here on the inside cover of the case. Schwarz II, 523. - Monod 10513. - Documentation Library V, 46. - Lang, Surrealism, p. 125ff 24.0 : 20.5 cm. 139, [3] pages, 25 prints. - The cover object shows signs of aging; the front cover is dusty, the spine is browned, and the joints are rubbed. - Binding is slightly loose; the edges of the text pages are slightly browned. English description: Includes 24 original prints and 44 plates. Original paperback in its original cardboard slipcase. Front cover features a mounted object by Marcel Duchamp; the back cover has a colored sticker. Presented in a half-leather slipcase. Original edition. - One of 950 copies of the special edition featuring the 24 original prints and Duchamp’s original object on the front cover; in most copies of the special edition, this was replaced by a photograph. The replica of a female breast made of painted foam rubber on black velvet ranks among the most significant book designs of the 20th century. - The special edition of this important catalog contains 18 lithographs (five of them in color) by Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Matta, Man Ray (not listed in the table of contents), and others; four etchings, including works by Hans Bellmer, Yves Tanguy, and Dorothea Tanning; one photogravure; and two woodcuts by Hans Arp. - With important essays by Arp, Bellmer, Breton, Péret, and others. - “A visual and tactile demonstration of Surrealism” (Lothar Lang). Herbert Moldering even writes (in the foreword to the catalog of the Bokelberg Surrealism Collection): “Is there a more beautiful symbol for the tactile dimension of acquiring knowledge through books, for that sensual intimacy that will give way to neutral screen data in the electronic libraries of the future? “The library of the future is Plato’s Cave, where all the books in the world will be present, but only as disembodied shadows” (“Is there a more beautiful symbol for the tactile dimension of acquiring knowledge through books, for that sensual intimacy that will give way to neutral screen data in the electronic libraries of the future? The library of the future is Plato’s Cave, where all the books in the world will be present, but only as disembodied shadows.”) Not only is the catalog one of the milestones in the art of book design, but the exhibition’s design was also extraordinary: While Breton developed the overall concept, Kiesler designed the “Salle de Superstition” as an egg-shaped, flowing space. - With the sticker “Prière de toucher” on the back cover and here a second one on the inside cover of the slipcase. The book shows signs of age; the front cover is dusty, the spine is browned, and the joints are rubbed. - The binding is slightly loose, and the edges of the text pages