Ernst, Max

Description:

Brühl, 1891 - Paris 1976
Schuberformat: 14,7 x 10,5 x 2,2 cm
"Benjamin Peret - Je Sublime", 1936. Book with four bound-in coloured frottages on Japon impérial, in the special edition, in leather binding with gilt edges, in org. slipcase. Numbered 6/16 in the imprint. Published by Editions Surréalistes, Paris.
Spies/Leppien, 16.
Signed master binding by Le Roux with collage and embossed spine. Endpapers in suede. Unique work.
Loudmer Commissaires Priseurs, Paris, auction Matarasso, 2. - 3. 12. 1993, lot 529.
Galerie Brusberg, Berlin.
Private collection Professor Dr. Karin von Maur, Stuttgart, former associate director of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, acquired in 2004.