250 - Max Ernst - Antonin Artaud. Galapagos. Les îles du bout du monde. Original etchings by Max Ernst. Paris, Louis Broder 1955. Includes ten etchings, most of which are in color and some of which are full-sheet, as well as two plates. Loose double sheets in original envelope with an eleventh etching. In the original chemise and illustrated slipcase.

Max Ernst - Antonin Artaud. Galapagos. Les îles du bout du monde. Original etchings by Max Ernst. Paris, Louis Broder 1955. Includes ten etchings, most of which are in color and some of which are full-sheet, as well as two plates. Loose double sheets in original envelope with an eleventh etching. In the original chemise and illustrated slipcase. Auction start time: approx. 3:16 p.m. (schedule subject to change) One of 95 copies (total edition of 135). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - On Vélin de Rives. - One of the most beautiful Max Ernst books of the 1950s, featuring color etchings reminiscent of his “Schnabelpaar” and the “Paramythen.” Spies/Leppien 59 I-XI G. - Monod 541. - Chapon, p. 253f. - A&B 101. - Lang, Surrealism 39 21.2 × 15.5 cm. 42, [6] pages, 2 plates. - Slipcase heavily stained. English description: Includes ten etchings—mostly in color and some full-sheet in size—and two plates. Loose double-leaves in the original wrapper containing an eleventh etching. Together in a chemise and an illustrated slipcase. One of 95 copies (total edition of 135). - Signed by the artist in the colophon. - On Vélin de Rives. - One of the most beautiful Max Ernst books of the 1950s, featuring color etchings reminiscent of his “Schnabelpaar” and the “Paramythen.” - “An extreme refinement of design and technique, the result of many years of experimentation, characterizes Ernst’s recent graphic work.” (Eleanor Garvey). Slipcase heavily stained.