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ERNST -- PRÉVERT, J. Les chiens ont soif. Paris, Au Pont des Arts, (1964). 61, (2) pp. W. colour etched frontispice (numbered 33/50) printed on Japanese paper, signed in pencil, 2 signed colour etchings printed on wove paper and 26 lithogr., of which 25 in colour (1 on front cover) and 1 plain lithogr. (on the title-page). Lge-fol. Loose, as issued, in owrps. In or. cloth covered clamshell box.
The surrealist artists Jacques Prévert and Max Ernst worked together to create this beautifully executed work: a conversation between various dogs and birds on the subject of human art and literature. One of 25 numbered copies (of a total edition of 320 copies), "Vorzugsausgabe", with an additional etched frontispice on Japanese paper. The work was published under the supervision of P.-A. Weill. The lithographs were printed by Mourlot & Frères, the etchings by Georges Visat. - Spies & Leppien, Max Ernst Œuvre-Katalog, das graphische Werk, 98; Kornfeld & Klipstein 75.€ 2000
result € 2400
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