Le Surréalisme en 1947 (Prière de toucher)

a book with mixed media relief and collage (hand-coloured foam rubber, velvet and cardboard) adhered to removable cover, contains 24 prints (lithographs, etchings and woodcuts) by 22 artists, 1947, numbered '107' on the justification (from the edition of 950, there were also 49 in Roman numerals), published by Pierre à Feu/ Maeght Éditeur, Paris, printed by Mourlot/ Lacourière, Paris, comes with a slip case
This catalogue was created for the exhibition 'Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme' organized by Marcel Duchamp
and André Breton at Galerie Maeght in 1947. The relief of a breast is a collaboration work by Duchamp and Enrico Donati.

The book includes the prints by Joan Miró, Maria Martins, David Hare, Alexandre Calder, Dorothea Tanning, Wifredo Lam, Victor Brauner, Bruno Capacci, Kay Sage, Hans Bellmer, Jean Arp, Jacqueline Lamba, Yves Tanguy, Elisabeth van Damme, Enrico Donati, Jacques Hérold, Max Ernst, Julio de Diego, Serge Brignoni, Toyen, Robert Matta, and Marcel Jean.
Cover: H.24.0×W.20.8×D.5.0cm
Literature: Francis M.Naumann, 'Marcel Duchamp. L'Art à l'ère de la reproduction mécanisée', Hazan, 2004, another example illustrated on P.167 (sold with this book)
2,000,000-3,000,000 JPY