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MAX ERNST Etching Surrealism 1961

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MAX ERNST Etching Surrealism 1961
MAX ERNST<BR>Cologne 1891- 1976 Paris (German) <BR><BR>Fete de Paix - Poems - 1961<BR>Original Hand Signed and Inscribed Color Etching with Aqautint <BR><BR>Title : Fete de Paix - Poems. <BR><BR>Technique : Original Etching with Aquatint in color on Velin paper. <BR><BR>Paper Size : 28 X 22.5 cm / 11 X 8.9 inch. <BR><BR>Plate Size : 14.5 X 11.5 cm / 5.7 X 4.5 inch. <BR><BR>Additional Information : This work is Hand Signed in pencil at the lower right margin "max ernst". <BR>And also hand inscribed in pencil "essai" (trial) at the lower left margin.<BR>This work was printed and edited by the famous french editor Georges Visat from Paris in 1961.<BR>The etching was printed in the series "Poems" that included 4 different etching and was published together with the publication "Poems by Holderlin".<BR>Each of the etchings was printed in a small limited hand signed edition of only 90 impressions but ours is one of the few trial prints taht were marked with the word "essai".<BR>This etching was printed in four diffrent colors: Black, Blue, Pink and Green. Ours is from the Blue edition.<BR>The publisher was Jean Hugues, Paris.<BR><BR>Literature : The complete graphic work of Max Ernst by Leppien, refernce 77 I b , illustrated in page 76. <BR><BR>Condition : Excellent Condition.