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La Femme 100 Têtes

Ernst, Max

Paris. Editions du Carrefour. 1929
The first part of Max Ernst's trilogy of collage novels: La Femme 100 Têtes.

From the edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, with this copy one of 900 on vélin teinté.

La Femme 100 Têtes is the first of Max Ernst's trilogy of Surrealist books with illustrations after his collages. The collages, in the manner of nineteenth-century engravings, were made by Ernst from old etching and engraving plates and each feature a descriptive caption by Ernst. The 'Avis au Lecteur' serving as preface was written by André Breton.

'Presque tout, dans l'oeuvre de Max Ernst, se rattache au collage ... On pourrait [en] conclure qu'il [La Femme 100 Têtes] d'un chant d'amour Surréaliste. L'ouvrage connut un succès immédiat. Le tirage fut épuisé en quelques semaines ... Ouvrage précurseur, puisqu'il inaugure un élargissement fondamental par rapport aux collages antérieurs, La Femme 100 Têtes révèle une écriture et une conception picturale nouvelles.' (From the Feinsilber catalogue).
[164 unnumbered leaves]. 4to. (252 x 192 mm). Leaf with justification verso, half-title, printed title, 3 leaves with Breton's 'Avis' and illustrated with 147 monochrome plates printed recto only after collages by Ernst, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer recto. Original publisher's turquoise printed wrappers with text and vignette to front cover and titles to spine in black.
#47340

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