The Surrealist Postcard. First series.
21 postcards published in 1937 by Georges Hugnet
Printed on sea-green and white Bristol paper
Complete with the blue label bearing the title.
Without the envelope
9 x 14 cm (each)
1. Marcel Duchamp, Ampoule containing 50 cc of Paris air
2. Andre Breton, Poem-object
3. Max Ernst, The Triumph of Love
4. Paul Eluard, One kills as one breathes
5. Dora Maar, 29, Rue d?Astorg
6. Joan Miro, Timetable
7. Salvador Dali, The senile melancholy of dogs like a dizzying ski descent
8. Hans Bellmer, Two Half-Sisters
9. Man Ray, What We All Lack
10. Yves Tanguy, The Sandman
11. Oscar Dominguez, Overture
12. Hans Harp, Side to Open
13. Georges Hugnet, To the Letter
14. Meret Oppenheim, My Nanny
15. Rene Magritte, The Solution to the Rebus
16. Jacqueline Breton, Bridge of Half-Sleep
17. Romand Penrose, Earth in a Bottle
18. Marcel Jean, Paris from a bird's-eye view
19. Wolfgang Paalen, On the Scale of Desire
20. Nusch Eluard, Wood of the Islands
21. Pablo Picasso, April Fool
Provenance:
- Former Louis Broder Collection
- Private collection, Paris