La carte surrealiste : première série
No. 1.Ampoule contenant 50 c.c. d'air de Paris = Ampoule containing 50 c.c. air of Paris / Marcel Duchamp -- no. 2.Poème-objet = Poem-object / André Breton -- no. 3.Le triomphe de l'amour = Triumph of love / Max Ernst -- no. 4.On tue comme on respire = They kill as easily as they breathe / Paul Eluard -- no. 5.29, rue d'Astorg / Dora Maar -- no. 6.Horaire = Time-table / Joan Miró -- no. 7.La mélancolie gâteuse des chiens comme une vertigineuse descente en ski = Senile melancholy of dogs like a dizzy ski-glide / Salvador Dali -- no. 8.Deux demi-soeurs = Step-sisters / Hans Bellmer -- no. 9.Ce qui nous manque à tous = What we all lack / Man Ray -- no. 10.Le marchand de sable = The sandman / Yves Tanguy -- no. 11.Ouverture = Opening / Oscar Dominguez -- no. 12.Côté à ouvrir = Open this side / Hans Arp -- no. 13.Au pied de la lettre = Word for word / Georges Hugnet -- no. 14.Ma gouvernante = My nurse = Meine Kindermädchen / Meret Oppenheim -- no. 15.La solution du rébus = The key to the riddle / René Magritte -- no. 16.Pont du demi-sommeil = Bridge of drowsiness / Jacqueline Breton -- no. 17.La terre en bouteille = Bottled earth / Roland Penrose -- no. 18.Paris à vol d'oiseau = Bird's eye view of Paris / Marcel Jean -- no. 19.A l'échelle du désir = The scale of desire / Wolfgang Paalen -- no. 20.Bois des iles = Precious woods / Nusch Eluard -- no. 21.Poisson d'avril = April fool / Pablo Picasso
Set of 21 postcards of images of works by various surrealist artists; issued on pink card stock
"La Carte Surrealiste. Premiere Serie. [Paris: George Hugnet], 1937. 21 collotype postcards, 91 x 142 mm each, printed in black on green card stock, contained in original publisher's silver card portfolio with blue paper label, printed in black, wear to portfolio worn, cards lightly yellowed at edges. LIMITED EDITION of 60 on this paper, of a total edition of 360 in 6 different colors. The artists include Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Dora Maar, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, Paul Eluard, Meret Oppenheim, Hans Bellmer, Roland Penrose, Nusch Eluard, Georges Hugnet, Hans Arp, Marcel Jean, Jacqueline Breton, Wolfgang Paalen, and Oscar Dominguez." -- Bonhams
Set of 21 postcards of images of works by various surrealist artists; issued on pink card stock
"La Carte Surrealiste. Premiere Serie. [Paris: George Hugnet], 1937. 21 collotype postcards, 91 x 142 mm each, printed in black on green card stock, contained in original publisher's silver card portfolio with blue paper label, printed in black, wear to portfolio worn, cards lightly yellowed at edges. LIMITED EDITION of 60 on this paper, of a total edition of 360 in 6 different colors. The artists include Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Dora Maar, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, Paul Eluard, Meret Oppenheim, Hans Bellmer, Roland Penrose, Nusch Eluard, Georges Hugnet, Hans Arp, Marcel Jean, Jacqueline Breton, Wolfgang Paalen, and Oscar Dominguez." -- Bonhams
Artwork Details
- Title: La carte surrealiste : première série
- Publisher: Georges Hugnet (French, Paris 1906–1974 Paris)
- Date: 1937
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 1 portfolio (21 postcards) : color ; Height: 3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (9 × 14 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
- Object Number: NX456.5.S8 C37 1937
- Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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