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From or by Marcel Duchamp or...
A very scarce copy of Marcel Duchamp's 'La Boîte-en-Valise' with a triple presentation from Duchamp.
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Duchamp, MarcelFrom or by Marcel...1941–1958
Calligrammes
Unique hand-coloured copy with the lithograph for the front wrapper and each of the lithographs in the book hand-coloured by de Chirico in delicate shades of watercolour.
£90,000
Chirico, Giorgio de. Apollinaire, GuillaumeCalligrammes1930
Où Boivent les Loups
André Breton's copy of the rare édition de tête on Japon Nacré with a long presentation from Tzara and Max Ernst's frontispiece etching in three states.
£55,000
Ernst, Max. Tzara, TristanOù Boivent les Loups1932
La Double Vue / L'Inventeur du...
Robert Lebel's dual novel and autobiography with Marcel Duchamp's signed multiple, Giacometti's signed diptych and the additional signed suite of his etchings.
£50,000
Giacometti, Alberto & Marcel Duchamp. Lebel, RobertLa Double Vue /...1964
First edition, first issue - with the black lithograph label and gold paint splatter - of Kokoschka's colourful masterpiece.
Kokoschka, OskarDie Träumenden Knaben1908
£40,000
Les Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes Originales de...
A rare presentation copy of Marc Chagall's masterful illustrations for Gogol's 'Dead Souls'.
£38,500
Chagall, Marc. Gogol, NicolasLes Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes...1948
Toulouse-Lautrec's masterpiece, pre-dating Bonnard's 'Parallèlement' by some 6 years, and one of the earliest and greatest modern illustrated books.
Toulouse-lautrec, Henri de. Geffroy, GustaveYvette Guilbert1894
£38,500
Sema Mappe
The scarce portfolio of the Sema group with signed original graphics and including Egon Schiele's first original print.
£38,000
Schiele, Egon, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin et alSema Mappe1912
Original collage for La Brebis Galante
Original signed collage by Max Ernst for La Brebis Galante.
£37,500
Ernst, MaxOriginal collage for La...1949
Anthologie de l'Humour Noir
An excellent, unsophisticated copy of André Breton's important 'Anthologie de l'Humour Noir' with the frontispiece etching by Picasso and Oscar Dominguez's unique cover.
£35,000
Picasso, Pablo. Breton, AndréAnthologie de l'Humour Noir1940
La Maigre. Mise en Lumière et...
'La Maigre': a milestone in Iliazd's oeuvre, his first issue of a work by de Monluc and an important collaboration with Picasso.
£35,000
Picasso. Vaux, Guillaume. (Pseud. Adrian de Monluc)La Maigre. Mise en...1952
Je Sublime
Maurice Heine's presentation copy of the collaboration featuring Max Ernst's colour frottages with Benjamin Péret's verse: 'Je Sublime'.
£35,000
Ernst, Max. Péret, BenjaminJe Sublime1936. 30th June, 1936
Afat. Soixante-Seize Sonnets
The first of Iliazd's beautiful and typographically inventive illustrated books and the first he produced with Picasso.
£32,500
Picasso, Pablo. Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevitch)Afat. Soixante-Seize Sonnets1940
L'Art Décoratif Théatral Moderne
The scarce publication reproducing Goncharova and Larionov's works for the avant-garde stage, an exceptional copy that includes the two very rare additional colour pochoir plates by Larionov.
£32,500
Goncharova / Larionov. (gontcharova / Larionow)L'Art Décoratif Théatral Moderne1919
'O Ewigkeit - du Donnerwort'. 9...
The first printed copy of the de luxe issue of the first edition presented to Kokoschka's parents.
£32,000
Kokoschka, Oskar'O Ewigkeit - du...1916
Original collage for La Brebis Galante
This collage was not included in the book published by Les Editions Premières with text by Benjamin Péret.
£28,000
Ernst, MaxOriginal collage for La...1949
Le Marteau sans Maître
The édition de tête of the first edition of René Char's collection with Wassily Kandinsky's original frontispiece etching and bound by Georges Leroux.
£27,500
Kandinsky, Wassily. Char, RenéLe Marteau sans Maître1934
Petites Scènes Familières. Pour Piano
Charles Terrasse's musical scores with Bonnard's lithograph illustrations - one of his earliest works - together with the exceptionally rare signed suite on Chine.
£25,000
Bonnard, PierrePetites Scènes Familières. Pour...1893
Grand Air. (Les Yeux Fertiles)
A very scarce proof example of 'Grand Air', the remarkable collaborative Surrealist etching by Eluard and Picasso, aside from the edition of ten copies issued with the book 'Les Yeux Fertiles' and inscribed 'épreuve d'artiste'.
£25,000
Picasso, Pablo & Paul EluardGrand Air. (Les Yeux...1936
kleine dada soirée
An excellent example, never folded, of the first issue of the iconic 'kleine dada soirée' poster.
£25,000
Doesburg, Théo van & Kurt Schwitterskleine dada soirée1922 / 1923
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