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PÉRET, Benjamin (1899-1959) et Max ERNST (1891-1976)

Lot 141
21.03.2024 13:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 141 | PÉRET, Benjamin (1899-1959) et Max ERNST (1891-1976)
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€ 12 000 – 18 000
PÉRET, Benjamin (1899-1959) et Max ERNST (1891-1976)
La Brebis galante. Paris: Éditions Premières, collection G.B.M.Z., Marcel Zerbib, 1949.
Exemplaire de tête avec les eaux-fortes et un frottage original signé de Max Ernst, enrichi d’un second dessin original signé de l’artiste. Belle reliure allusive de Leroux. Werner Spies, Helmut R. Leppien. Max Ernst. Das Graphische Werk. Menil Foundation, Houston, Texas. Cologne: 1975, n° 28.

Petit in-4 (238 x 190 mm). Un des 15 exemplaires sur Montval (après l’exemplaire unique sur Japon), signés par l’auteur, comprenant 3 eaux-fortes originales et un dessin, celui-ci le n°XII, signé par Max Ernst et Benjamin Péret à la justification.
3 eaux-fortes originales en couleurs de Max Ernst, 21 dessins reproduits en noir, la plupart rehaussés en couleurs au pochoir, 13 lettrines, et 1 cul-de-lampe, le tout également d’après Ernst. Plats de couverture bistre ornés d'une reproduction en blanc de deux des gravures.
L’exemplaire comprend également :
1) Comme annoncé à la justification, un frottage original signé de Max Ernst, à la mine de plomb et aux crayons de couleurs rouge, vert, violet et bleu, sur papier simili-Japon, de l'illustration p. 21 et représentant la tête de la "brebis" portant un poulpe découpé sur le front (au format du livre, 238 x 190 mm).
2) L’exemplaire est en outre enrichi d’un second dessin original signé de Max Ernst, à l'encre de Chine et collage sur vélin fort, de la première lettrine du livre (lettre "M"), agrémentée d'une plume en collage et reproduite en réduction, en bistre, p. 9 (155 x 170 mm, monté sur onglet).
Reliure de Georges Leroux : maroquin fauve, plats ornés d’une composition mosaïquée et symétrique sur les plats de parchemin ivoire, représentant une tête de brebis à la manière de Max Ernst, dos lisse, lettre dorée, gardes de papier bois, tête dorée sur témoins (petit manque à un des yeux de la brebis du premier plat, charnières usées). Étui (étui restauré).
Provenance : Daniel Filipacchi (sa vente, Christie’s Paris, I, 29 avril 2004, lot n°171).

First edition of a text written in 1924 and first appearance of the 3 original colour etchings by Max Ernst, as well as of the 21 reproductions of drawings and collages printed in black and hand-coloured by stencil by the artist. One of 15 copies on vélin Montval paper signed by author and illustrator, containing three etchings and a signed drawing in black-lead and colour crayons by Ernst (showing the head of the titular "Brebis galante" reproduced on p. 21). In addition, this copy contains an original ink drawing and collage by Ernst (reproduced in bistre as the initial letter "M." in the book).
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