Exposition internationale du Surréalisme. Paris, Maeght 1947. First edition of the rare catalog on Surrealism. Illustrated with 24 original prints, and with the photographic representation of a female breast on the cover as a substitute for the multiple created by Marcel Duchamp. Total edition of 999 copies of which this one is one of 950, with 5 original color lithographs by Brauner, Ernst, Harold, Lam and Miro; 5 original etchings (1 color) by Bellmer, Jean, Maria, Tanguy and Tanning; 2 original woodcuts by Arp; and 12 lithographs in black by Brignoni, Calder, Capacci, van Damme, de Diego, Donati, Hare, Lamba, Matta, Sage, Tanguy and Toyen.In original cover and slipcase, lightly worn. Ref Monod 110513. - Da Manet a Hockney 115. - Reynolds Coll. 199. - Lang p 125ff. - Sheringham Aa383. - Cramer (Miro) 11. - Spies / Leppien 24. - Mourlot I, 56.

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