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Lot 275: BRETON, ANDRÉ; and DUCHAMP, MARCEL. Le Surrealisme en 1947. 5 lithographed plates by Brauner, Ernst, Herold, Lam, and Miro (his first color

Est: $1,500 USD - $2,500 USD
Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USJune 13, 2002

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BRETON, ANDRÉ; and DUCHAMP, MARCEL. Le Surrealisme en 1947. 5 lithographed plates by Brauner, Ernst, Herold, Lam, and Miro (his first color lithograph, Cramer 11); 5 etched plates by Bellmer, Jean, Maria, Tanguy, and Tanning; 2 woodcut plates by Arp; and 12 black-and-white lithographed plates by Calder, Donati, Tanguy, Toyen, and others. 4to, original photographic wrappers by Rémy Duval reproducing Duchamp's famous breast "Prière de Toucher," spine ends frayed; contents slightly separating from spine; original lettered glassine dust jacket, chipped at edges and spine. Paris: Pierre à Feu, 1947

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This copy, numbered 950, is the last of 950 numbered copies after the signed edition. This is the famous catalogue to mark the retrospective Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme organized by Breton and Duchamp for artists who led the movement in Paris before the war.

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Swann Auction Galleries
June 13, 2002, 12:00 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US