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Max ERNST. Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament.
See original version (French)
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Max ERNST. Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament.
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Max ERNST. Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament. Paris: Éditions Cercle des Arts, 1953.
In-12, paperback, publisher’s cardboard binding, filled cover, illustrated with a mounted reproduction, preserved in a black paper box with a Plexiglas window on each of the two lids.
First edition.
Limited edition of 1,100 copies: one of the 1,000 printed on ‘Marais Une Fleur’ paper.
Autographed copy, signed on the half-title page:
SEPT MICROBES
saluted Marcel Jean who,
with them, twice a century laughs.
Your friend
Max Ernst
Included is an original, signed microbe by Max Ernst (3.6 x 3.6 cm) as well as a card addressed to Marcel Jean on 12 January 1955 by Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst bearing the following message: “With joy! See you on Saturday… Dorothea + Max.”
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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