549 - Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max.
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Estimate €400 - €600

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Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max. – *La Ballade du soldat*. Vence: Pierre Chave, 1972. Large quarto (383 x 278 mm) in loose sheets with an illustrated cloth-bound cover, publisher’s blue percaline slipcase and cover, slipcase with illustrated front cover, title on the spine – 95 pp., [3 pp.]. The volume is illustrated with 34 colour lithographs by M. Ernst, including 25 full-page plates and 2 vignettes. French edition printed in a run of 315 copies on Arches vellum; this copy is one of H-C (no. XI/XVIII), signed by the author and the artist on the colophon. Enclosed: A booklet produced by the Galerie Alphonse Chave in April–May 1965, ‘Homage to Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes on his 80th birthday’. Exhibition of 20 drawings on the theme of the tree and 5 paintings from the years 1905–1920 – 13 ff. in an illustrated softback cover, including 1 drawing in Indian ink, poems by J. Prévert, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Ph. Soupault and G. Limbour; texts by A. Breton, Norge and Iliazd; a bibliography of Ribemont-Dessaignes; a catalogue of the works on display; and 9 pp. of photographic reproductions.

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549 - Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max. See original version (French)

549 - Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max.
See original version (French)