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Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €300 - €400
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Surrealism Luca and Dolfi Trost, Gherasim A presentation of colourful drawings, cubomania and objects. With 2 mounted plates. Bucharest, self-published, 1945. 16 pp. (incl. cover) 8°. Original binding in stapled binding made of brown packing paper with a black title on the cover (front cover has a faintly visible watermark, slightly stained, with rusted edges around the staples). A rare exhibition catalogue of Romanian Surrealism. – Ilk, Romanian Avant-garde, K465 (with colour illustrations). - Catalogue accompanying an exhibition by Gherasim Luca and Dolfi Trost held in Bucharest in January 1945 (during the Soviet occupation). Trost presented ‘graphies colorées’ as an example of automatic art, Luca ‘cinq cubomanies non-oedipiennes specialement erotique’. According to Ilk, published in a print run of approx. 500 copies. - Both artists were associated with the French Surrealists under Breton. Luca was to live and work in Paris from 1947 onwards, whilst Trost moved to the USA in 1948. – Also included: ‘Exposition internationale du Surréalisme’. Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris, 17 January 1938. - Single-sided, illustrated invitation card with handwritten signature (illegible) and underlining. - Slightly stained, rubbed on the reverse. A rare exhibition catalogue on Romanian Surrealism, with 2 tipped-on plates. - For references, see above. - Catalogue accompanying an exhibition by Gherasim Luca and Dolfi Trost held in Bucharest in January 1945 (during the Soviet occupation). Trost presented ‘graphies colorées’ as an example of automatic art, Luca ‘cinq cubomanies non-oedipiennes specialement erotique’. Published in a print run of approximately 500 copies according to Ilk. - Both artists were associated with the French Surrealists led by Breton. Luca went on to live and work in Paris from 1947 onwards, whilst Trost moved to the USA in 1948. - Featuring: Exposition internationale du Surréalisme. Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris, 17 January 1938. – Single-sided printed illustrated invitation card with a handwritten signature (illegible) and underlining. – Slightly stained, rubbed on the reverse. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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