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Max Ernst and Lnora Carrington, Une Chemise de Nuit de Flanelle, 1951

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Max Ernst

Une Chemise de Nuit de Flanelle, 1951

Artists book and Woodcut for cover

5 × 6 1/2 in

12.7 × 16.5 cm

Edition of 500

UNE CHEMISE DE NUIT DE FLANELLE
par LEONORA CARRINGTON
Traduit de l'anglais par Yves Bonnefoy
Collection L'age D'Or
Cover Woodcut by Max Ernst
Original Edition: 1951
Limited Edition: 1 of 500 stated copies
For offer here is an extremely rare artists book from the early 1950s representing the creative collaboration between Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (who passed away in 2011 at the age of 94) and her former lover Max Ernst.
This gem of a book measures five inches by 6.5 inches. It features 28 pages of text, with a dateline of Mexico, 1945.
The text is exclusively in French. The cover was designed by Max Ernst.
The publishers note inside states: "Le tirage du present volume...a ete limite a cinq cent cinquante exemplaires, dont cinquante sur Marais Crevecoeur, numerotes 1 a 50, et cinq cents sure Alfama, numerotes de 51 a 550, plus quelques exemplaires hors commerce, marques H.C. "
It continues on to explain that the editions 1 through 50 a numbered contain a Hans Arp linocut, and 51-550 do not. This is one from 51-550, so there is no Hans Arp linocut. (the books with the Arp linocut sell for US $5,000 and up -- if they are findable!)
This is in very good vintage condition. There is some creasing around the top right cover corner and bottom right corner, and minor creasing to the interior page corners, not affecting the text, but it is otherwise very well preserved. NOT ex-library; NO markings whatsoever.
For fans of Leonora Carrington, students of Surrealism and fans of Max Ernst, this is a rare and impressive piece of art historical ephemera from Paris in the 1950s - the height of the Surrealist movement.