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Max Ernst, Benjamin Péret, Viglino, Georges Visat, Éditions Prèmieres

La Brebis galante (The Sexy Ewe)

1948

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Max Ernst, Benjamin Péret, Viglino, Georges Visat, Éditions Prèmieres

La Brebis galante (The Sexy Ewe)

1948

Physical Qualities Bound volume with text (letterpress printed in black and red inks), three color etchings, and 21 relief prints with color stencils (pochoir), plus color lithograph cover , Case: 262 x 210 x 30 mm. (10 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 3/16 in.) Book: 242 x 198 x 16 mm. (9 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 5/8 in.) Sheet (page): 240 x 194 mm. (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Bequest of Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore
Object Number 2009.25
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2009; Ryda H. Levi, Lutherville, MD; Elizabeth Phillips, NY, 1986
"Artist and the Book" 100; Leppien, "Max Ernst: Das Graphische Werk" no. 28; Johnson, "Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000" no. 123

Artist

Max Ernst

French, born Germany, 1891-1976
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Author

Benjamin Péret

French, 1899-1959
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Printer (text)

Viglino

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Printer (etchings)

Georges Visat

French, 1910-2001
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Publisher

Éditions Prèmieres

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