Max Ernst

MAX ERNST. Texts by Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapié. Paris, René Drouin Publisher, 17 Place Vendôme, MCML [1950]. 4to, illustrated publisher's wrappers. FIRST EDITION, SPECIMEN NO. 50 OF 50 ON HAND-MADE MONTVAL PAPER, with two original color lithographs SIGNED BY MAX ERNST. Prestigious edition: 40 copies intended for the legendary New York gallerist Heinz Berggruen, plus 18 named copies. Critical texts by Joe Bousquet, surrealist poet paralyzed by the Great War and intimate friend of Ernst, and Michel Tapié, theorist of Art Informel. The lithograph at the frontispiece depicts a biomorphic organic form typical of Ernst's vocabulary from his American period. Cover with photographic reproduction of a sculpture by the artist. Specimen in good general condition, autograph signature clear and authentic. 2 signed lithographs, edition of 50 out of 50