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1967173254Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. From Dali's "Twelve Signs of the Zodiac" portfolio Edition of 250 on Arches paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. This is one of 12 plates from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Arches watermaked paper. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a white gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Field 67-6. unknown
1967163542Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. Edition of 250 on Arches paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. One of 12 prints from The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Arches paper. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Presented in a white gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition. Field 67-6. unknown
1967173250Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. One of 12 images from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. Edition of 250. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Arches watermaked paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Presented in a white gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition. Field 67-6. unknown
1967163540Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. Edition of 250 on Arches paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. One of 12 prints from The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Arches paper. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a white gold leaf frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Field 67-6. unknown
1967183326Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. One of 12 images from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. There was also an edition of 250 on Arches paper. Edition of 50. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Japon paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Presented in handmade white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition. Field 67-6; Michler & Lopsinger 1185. unknown
1967183329Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. One of 12 images from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. There was also an edition of 250 on Arches paper. Edition of 50. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Japon paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Presented in handmade white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition. Field 67-6; Michler & Lopsinger 1190. unknown
1967183324Paris & New York: Leon Amiel 1967. One of 12 images from the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac portfolio. There was also an edition of 250 on Arches paper. Edition of 50. Coloured lithograph after an original gouache on Japon paper. Signed in pencil lower right by Dali and numbered lower left. Sheet size: 72.8 x 51.8 cm. Framed size: 90.7 x 70.2 cm. Presented in handmade white gold frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Excellent condition Field 67-6; Michler & Lopsinger 1191. unknown
193388275Neuilly-sur-Seine: Le Phare de Neuilly 1933. Fine. One of the rarest and most iconic Surrealist magazines Le Phare de Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine S.d. 1933 18.20 x 25.10 cm 3 volumes brochés First edition of this important and very rare magazine complete with 4 issues in 3 volumes. Complete collection of this luxurious Surrealist magazine edited and funded by Lise Deharme and characterized by its emphasis on photography. Covers illustrated by Man Ray illustrations in black. Contributions by Salvador Dali Hans Arp Dora Maar Oscar Dominguez Brassaï Lee Miller Jacques Lacan James Joyce Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes Ilarie Voronca Nathalie Barney Benjamin Fondane Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Alejo Carpentier Eugène Jolas Lise Hirtz Lise Deharme Raymond Queneau Claude Sernet Roger Vitrac Robert Desnos Jean Follain Léon-Paul Fargue Pierre Keffer Jacques Baron Gottried Benn Céline Arnauld Monny de Boully Georgette Camille André de Richaud Jules Supervielle Claire Goll Paul Laforgue David Herbert Lawrence Marcel Jouhandeau Paul Dermée Jean Painlevé Nadar Pétrus Borel and Stendhal. Sunned spine on the No. 3/4 issue. Spine-ends and corners slightly rubbed otherwise a wonderfully preserved copy. A very fine example of this rare avant-garde magazine which ""came into being over the course of a few dinners that brought together the dissidents of Surrealism and other poets in this hospitable abode of Lise Deharme. Robert Desnos provided the title. Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was the editor. Man Ray had designed the cover: a silhouette of a lighthouse against a photographic background of sailing boats. . It contains curiosities: a tale by Petrus Borel a photo by Nadar popular songs an investigation into the neurosis of war epitaphs taken from a cemetery of animals. Among other curiosities a sonnet by the famous psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. It is entitled Hiatus irrationalis."" Jacques Baron Cahiers de l'Herne Raymond Queneau p. 333. Le Phare de Neuilly unknown
1968003145<p>Paris: Editions Argillet 1968. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in wrapper chemise and clamshell box. Clamshell box with gilt embossed illustration on front cover and gilt titles on spine. Chemise with gilt signature of Dali on front cover. Wrapper repeating the illustration on the box in blindstamp. Clamshell box with light wear. With 18 original engravings in black and white by Salvador Dali of which 10 full page and 8 smaller etchings 7 out of tekst and 1 in text. The 10 full page engravings with the blindstamped signature of Dali in the margin. All etchings protected by tissue guards. Hand signed in pencil by Dali on the limitation page also containing the publisher's stamp and Dali's blindstamped signature. Limited edition of 299 copies printed by the Presses du Palais Royal. This is number 90 and one of the limited edition of 75 copies printed on Arches teinte. With an extra suite of 6 out of 10 etchings on loose sheets in wrapper. All engravings with strong impressions 1 etching with light crease to corner not affecting the print. Sheets measure 383 x 285 cm. Box 405 x 305 cm. Very fine collectible copy.</p> Editions Argillet hardcover
193653047Paris: GLM 1936. Fine. Offered to the friend beyond words companion of all wars and of loves as well GLM Paris 1936 12.50 x 17 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on vellum ours unnumbered the only deluxe papers after 15 copies on Japon. Illustrated with a frontispiece drawing by Salvador Dalí. Precious signed autograph presentation from Paul Eluard to René Char : « Exemplaire de mon ami René Char. Paul Eluard. » It was in 1929 that René Char first discovered the verse of Paul Eluard. Captivated the young twenty-two-year-old poet from L'Isle decided to send him a copy of his collection Arsenal inscribing it with the following dedication: « à Paul éluard enfin. L'Isle 17 septembre 1929. » His elder responded kindly a few weeks later: « Cher Monsieur n'est-il pas possible que nous nous connaissions mieux Ne pensez-vous pas venir à Paris Je serais heureux de vous dire combien j'aime vos poèmes tout ce si beau livre. » The young Char elated set off for the first time to meet his « substitute brother » Laurent Greilsamer René Char Perrin 2012 and soon decided to move to Paris to join his new companions Aragon Breton and Eluard placing himself under the Surrealist banner. Eluard abandoned by Gala who left him for Dalí offered Char to live in his apartment on rue Becquerel. The two bachelors soon engaged Odette a young maid who was more than agreeable: « Char enjoyed this refined service but was nevertheless surprised by the marked kindness of this pretty brunette. One day he took her in his arms. The young beauty smiled yielded and proved herself expert. That evening René recounted his adventure to Eluard who the next morning had his breakfast served in bed and invited Odette to join him. A temporary trio was thus formed. » op. cit. Char and Eluard now inseparable shared a taste for revelry and frenetic seduction roaming the Parisian boulevards in search of adventure. Thus on the evening of 21 May 1930 they met a destitute actress and trapeze artist: Nusch. « Eluard decided to take her back like a precious parcel to rue Becquerel. But it would take all the friendship of Char and his powers of persuasion to convince the young woman to stay giving Eluard the timeall the timeto fall in love. » op. cit. Char thus played the role of mediator enabling Eluard to win the great love of his life who died prematurely in 1946 of a cerebral haemorrhage. Despite several passing quarrelsnever over women but always over ideasthe two poets maintained a strong bond of friendship and intellect until the end of Eluard's life. « Je suis vieux René par instants à force de ne plus aimer la vie. Je vis par devoir. Mais je t'aime profondément comme je t'ai toujours aimé : ne te choque de rien ; venant de moi tout est pour moi affection et admiration. . Quelle preuve de plus peux-tu en avoir que je te dise que tu es le seul homme à qui je pourrais avouer ce grand vide que je porte en moi et devant qui je pourrais pleurer autant que j'en ai toujours envie. » GLM hardcover
1969147228New York: Maecenas Press & Random House 1969. Limited illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's beloved children's classic signed by and with twelve illustrations by Salvador Dali. Folio loose portfolio as issued in original brown silk chemise decorated in gilt illustrated with an original three-color etching as a frontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures heliogravures after DalÃ's original gouache paintings. One of 2500 numbered copies signed by Salvador Dali on the title page. Housed in the original tan leather-backed clamshell case lacking imitation bone clasps. In very good condition. “DalÃ’s images have become icons of the fantastic signposts not maps that point the way inward to that realm†Clute & Grant 246. This magnificent production printed on Mandeure paper contains an original three-color etching as a frontispiece and 12 striking full-page color photogravures heliogravures after Dali’s original gouache paintings Michler & Löpsinger. Maecenas Press & Random House hardcover
196839447Paris: Draeger 1968. Salvador Dalí. First edition. A PRESENTATION COPY FOR DR. ROUCAUTE Dalí's personal physician with a SIGNED AND DEDICATED INDIA INK DRAWING BY DALI ON A PRELIMINARY BLANK. Most of Dalí's presentation drawings were done on the spur of the moment in ballpoint or felt-tip pen and are rather simple compositions. This one however is in India ink with Dalí's characteristic carefully-planned spatter: it was obviously prepared ahead of time for presentation to a close friend the doctor. The drawing measures 27.5 x 30 cm and features several typical elements of Dalí's iconography: a knight on horseback an angel a dedicatory phrase a signature with a crown and a date. They are arranged in an absolutely wonderful apparent chaos--making it impossible to know what to look at first or what to focus on--and yet there is perfect harmony. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth with dustjacket. An excellent copy of the book WITH THE INDIA INK DRAWING IN PERFECT CONDITION. <br/><br/> Draeger hardcover
1969190911New York: Maecenas Press Random House 1969. Wonderland Surrealized First Dalí edition number 608 of 2500 copies signed by Dalí on the title page recasting Carroll's children's classic into adult surrealist vision. "The artist Salvador Dalí famous for his surreal images of melting clocks and barren landscapes at first glance might not seem to have much in common with a retiring Victorian English don who wrote children's books. But actually Dalí and Carroll had much in common: both men were ardent explorers of dreams and the imagination attempting in their art to show the fertile pathways to the unconscious. This artistic temperament might explain why in his sixties Dalí created twelve surreal illustrations - one for each chapter - for Alice in Wonderland. Because he required a rich lush palette for his painted drawings Dalí turned to the oldest process for reproducing photographic images for printing: heliogravure. Similar to engraving the method is time consuming and costly. Each heliogravure is printed by hand and considered an original" Nichols p. 28. A further 200 copies were issued signed and with extra plates. This copy has a duplicate limitation leaf numbered 608 inserted; presumably a collation error by the publisher; the book is otherwise complete. Folio. With 12 colour heliogravures and a four-colour etched frontispiece on Rives paper. Publisher's fall-down-back box of brown straight-grain quarter morocco cloth sides portfolio of letterpress and illustrations loose in the brown cloth chemise as issued. Box neatly restored along joints and has lost its ties; contents in fine condition. Catherine Nichols Alice's Wonderland: a Visual Journey through Lewis Carroll's Mad Mad World 2014. hardcover
1970156803Beverley Hills: Vanguard Studios 1970. Artist's proof of XVIII of XXV on Japon paper aside from the edition of 150 on Rives paper. Each print signed in pencil lower right by Dalí numbered lower left. Titles of the prints are Tete L'Ange Le Dragon Le Cheval La Fourme and Don Quichotte. Quarto. Six loose original etchings from ink drawings printed in brown on Japon paper. Sheet sizes: 24.8 x 32.2 cm. Original white boards Dalí embossed to front cover. Light rubbing to boards otherwise a bright set in excellent condition. Field 70-112. hardcover
196574820<p>Salvador Dali<br />Fantastic Voyage 1965<br />Lithograph<br />Hand Signed lower right<br />Numbered: 177/300 lower left<br />Image size: 60 x 46 cm<br />Sheet size: 76 x 56 cm<br />Published by Sidney Lucas New York and with their ink stamp lower left with Peter Lucas authentication signature and date 3/12/98 in pencil verso<br />REFERENCE: Field 65-4</p>
196474864<p>Salvador Dalí <br />Pegasus from The Mythology suite 1960-1964<br />Etching and engraving with color aquatint. <br />Hand Signed lower right<br />Numbered 28/150 <br />Image size: 52 x 61 cm<br />Sheet size: 55 x 76 cm<br />Published by Argillet Paris<br />Reference Field 63-3 B</p>
1972021298New York and Fribourg: Pamela Verlag and Transworld Art 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine case. Salvador Dali. Portfolio with loose sheets 12-1/4" x 17-1/2" laid in a paper cover and cloth portfolio lettered in silver on the backstrip as issued. Copy #26 of 150 with English text and 10 ORIGINAL DRYPOINT ENGRAVINGS in color image size 5" x 7-1/4" on 12-1/4" x 17-1/2" sheets each SIGNED by the illustrator. <br/><br/> (Pamela Verlag) and (Transworld Art) hardcover
19302476Paris: Éditions Surréalistes 1930. First edition. 72 pp. Original aluminum foil paper wrappers covered by red tissue paper title printed in black on the cover. Unbound sheets as this variant was issued. Photo-lithographed portrait of Gala heliogravure frontispiece retouched with a burin and six heliographic plates. A bit of wear to the extremities else a beautiful copy of a very fragile production.<br /> <br /> Of an edition of 204 copies one of the very few on Rodingold vellum in sheets justified on the colophon by the Service de Presse stamp. With DalÃ’s autograph dedication on the half-title “Hommage de l’auteur. Salvador Dali.†Laid in is the prière d’insérer announcement with text by André Breton and Paul Eluard.<br /> <br /> This issue of La Femme Visible is unbound sheets laid into the foil and red wrappers. For these few copies Dali apparently often added a simple autograph homage. The book did not meet with great success as Eluard reveals in a letter to Gala on January 27 1931: “La Femme visible a une presse immonde. Pourquoi Dali n’a-t-il pas mis dans ses dédicaces le nom des gens. Comme cela on n’en parlera pas ou en mal.†La Femme Visible is receiving dreadful publicity. Why didn’t Dali put people’s names in his dedications That way people won’t talk about it or talk about it badly. Georges Sebbag in his bibliography of Editions Surréalistes does not mention these press copies nor the printing of the book in sheets.<br /> <br /> One of DalÃ’s earliest books containing four texts: “L’Âne Pourri†“La Chèvre Sanitaire†“L’Amour†and “Le Grand Masturbateur.†In these writings inspired by Freudian and post-Freudian theories DalÃ’s aim is to upset the frontiers between dream and reality and to break down the convictions that form the basis of so-called “bourgeois values.†He later spoke of it as “a spontaneous method of irrational knowledge based on the critical and systematic objectification of delirious associations and delirious interpretations.†<br /> <br /> References: Michler and Löpsinger. Salvador DalÃ: Catalogue Raisonné of Etchings and Mixed-Media Prints 1924-1980 no. 4. Cowling. The Magic Mirror. Dada and Surrealism from a Private Collection Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 1988 no. 92. Mundy ed. Surrealism: Desire Unbound. pp. 131-33; 148-49. Eluard. Letters to Gala 1989 trans. p. 98. Sebbag Les Editions Surréalistes 1993. pp. 63-64. Éditions Surréalistes unknown
1969NE 2Maecenas Press 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. First edition. Maecenas Press/Random House New York 1969. Illustrations by Salvador Dali.of a signed limited edition of 2500 copies issued as a portfolio containing 12 color wood engravings and a color etching. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. Signed by Dali on the title page with an original etched frontispiece in four colors signed in the plate and 12 color heliogravures each with an original remarque. Press/Random House New York 1969. Illustrations by Salvador Dali. 1147 of a signed limited edition of 2500 copies issued as a portfolio containing 12 color wood engravings and a color etching. Signed by the illustrator on the title page. twelve full page color heliogravures. Interior contents bright clean and fresh. Spine of morocco case lovely copy to beige cloth of folding case. Loose as issued in original brown cloth chemise quarter morocco folding case original bone closures . Maecenas Press Hardcover
1962166410Paris: Bibliothéque des Arts 1962. Inscribed with a drawing to a childhood friend First edition first printing presentation copy inscribed by Dalí across the verso of the front free endpaper and the facing page in Catalan "Per en Josep Xirau qui un del primer xicits de Tudela con abraçades den one of the first children of Tudela with hugs from Dalí 1962" and with two ink sketches: one of Don Quixote and the other of Dalí and Josep walking into the mountainous landscape of Tudela in the Cap de Creus national park. This copy is also inscribed by Descharnes on the half-title in French "Pour Monsieur Joseph Xirau hommage te 'amical de a friendly tribute from Robert Descharnes". The recipient was the Catalan lawyer and politician Josep Xirau i Palau who founded the Socialist Union of Catalonia. Dalí was a childhood friend of the Xirau family and painted portraits of several family members including Josep's brothers the philosopher Joaquim and the chemist Joan. Quarto. Text in French. Colour illustrations throughout many images tipped in. Original grey cloth front cover and spine lettered in brown. With dust jacket. Spine lightly bumped; price-clipped dust jacket with light wear at corners small tape repair at head of spine panel: a very good copy in good dust jacket. hardcover
196918586New York: Maecenas Press / Random House 1969. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Fine. Signed limited edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland featuring twelve illustrations with woodcuts and an original etching by Salvador Dalí. Folio 150pp 6. Full set measures 22" x 16" x 3.5". Portfolio of loose leaves held in brown cloth wraps. "Dalí" stamped in gilt on front cover. Leaves are gathered in signatures of 6 with each centerfold featuring an illustration. All in fine condition. Complete with twelve vibrant full-page color illustrations and one frontispiece etching. One of 2500 portfolios printed on Mandeure paper. This set is numbered 1860. Each portfolio features an original colored etching signed by the artist Salvador Dalí. Housed in the matching cloth clamshell title in gilt on orange morocco spine brown silk interior. Small orange stain to bottom right corner. Held shut with leather straps along fore-edge lacking one latch. Includes the publisher's original shipping box with the matching limitation number. A truly exceptional piece combining classic literature with modern art. Salvador Dalí 1904-1989 illustrated a number of limited edition works throughout his artistic career. In addition to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Dalí was commissioned to illustrate Macbeth 1946 Don Quixote De La Mancha 1946 The Divine Comedy 1960 Arabian Nights 1964 and The Bible 1967. Maecenas Press / Random House unknown
197274901<p>Salvador Dalí <br />"Le Decameron" suite Portfolio 10 prints<br />A set of ten drypoints with color engraving<br />The English text and engravings are enclosed in a green slipcase with cover. <br />Each signed in pencil<br />Numbered 71/125 <br />Sheet size: 45 x 31.5 cm<br />Case size: 47 x 34 cm<br />Publisher: Transworld Art New York Fribourg Switzerland<br />Reference Field 72-8; ML552-561.</p>
1935Dali2<p><strong>DALà Salvador 1904-198</strong></p><p>Original drawings and autograph poem charcoal on paper N.p.n.d c. 1935 1 p. in-8° 16 x 205 cm Some spots</p><p><strong>Unpublished poem with superb pencil studies representing surrealist shapes faces as well as a masturbation scene</strong></p><p>Superb pencil drawings some of surrealist shapes others representing faces or a scene of masturbation and fellatio. The Catalan painter has added an exquisite corpse which he calls "descriptive poem" which to our knowledge remained unpublished to this day.</p><p>Dalà titled the poem "imperceptible outbreak of nutrition" he writes as usual in phonetic French:</p><p><em>" ge pique ta nuque</em> <em>ge coupe ton pique </em> <em>ge nuque ta coupe</em> <em>ge vide mon mal </em> <em>J'avale ta male </em>… <em>"</em></p><p>1935 is a turning point in the creation process for the Catalan master. Dalà found the surrealist works too limited the impossibility of going further in the exploration of this world led him to proceed to a work of introspection leading to paranoia. He worked on this aspect of himself and studied the behavior of the mentally ill especially people with paranoid tendencies. It will result from this research a method to open one's mind to the things of the invisible of the unconscious through the use of the paranoid character present in each of us; it is called the Paranoia-Critical Method or M.P.C. In painting this will result in the double or even multiple image to which he will remain attached for most of his life.</p><p><u>Provenance :</u></p><p>– Paul Eluard collection – Georges Hugnet collection acquired from the above – Jacques Desbrière collection acquired from the above – Galerie Marignan Paris acquired from the above – Private collection acquired from the above</p><p>This work is recorded in the archives of Nicolas Descharnes under the reference d7065_1935</p>
1969CH22Maecenas Press 1969. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. FIRST. THE ROLLING STONES BILL WYMAN'S COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION OF SALVADOR DALI'S ILLUSTRATED "ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND" Paris and New York 1969 4000/6000 New York: Random House Maecenas Press 1969. Copy CXXXI of 200 copies of the deluxe edition. The Deluxe Edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is signed by Salvador Dali on both the title page and the original colored etching with double suites of the original etching and 12 mixed-media illustrations each overprinted with Dali's remarque. Large folio 18-1/2 by 13 inches with 16 loose gatherings as issued including an original four-color etched frontispiece signed by Dali and 12 full-page mixed-media illustrations on Rives and an extra suite of the etching and 12 illustrations on Japanese Nacre. Both suites are housed in black raw silk portfolios all contained in original full tan morocco clamshell box secured with black fore-edge toggles both detached one present. This deluxe edition distinguished from the more commonly found edition of 2500 includes the extra suite of illustrations and etching and it features hand signed and numbered original etching. 18 1/2 by 13 inches PROVENANCE Property From Bill Wyman and his Rolling Stones Archive The Rolling Stones Memorabilia WITH COA. Maecenas Press Hardcover
196691822Paris: Jean Petithory 1966. Fine. Man Ray shoots Surrealist Mannequins Jean Petithory Paris 1966 26.5 x 30.2 cm Relié sous étui First edition one of 37 numbered copies ours one of a few hors commerce copies for collaborators and friends signed by Man Ray on the justification. 15 photographs on watermarked vélin Montgolfier mounted on guards each bearing Man Rays printed studio stamp Épreuve originale atelier Man Ray Paris. The copy exceptionally contains the original subscription prospectus and an invitation to the book launch exhibition opening night organised by Simone Loliée. Publishers binding by the renowned bookbinder Mercher bearing his signature in the negative of the photographic paper on each endpaper and pastedown flat black shagreen spine title author and date stamped in gilt lengthwise photographic boards with gilt background after an original composition by Man Ray specially designed for this work original wrappers preserved black paper slipcase. Illustrated with 15 original photographic prints of the mannequins photographed by Man Ray at the 1938 International Exhibition of Surrealism. The mannequins had been transformed by Man Ray himself Salvador Dalí Oscar Dominguez Marcel Duchamp Max Ernst Espinoza Maurice Henry Marcel Jean Léo Malet André Masson Sonia Mossé Joan Miró Wolfgang Paalen Kurt Seligmann and Yves Tanguy. They were presented within a Surrealist staging by Marcel Duchamp and lighting designed by Man Ray himself. During the 1930s the European Surrealists had a fetishistic interest in simulated woman-female mannequins that they transformed into playful sculptural works of art. In 1938 Man Ray photographed a series of their work at the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme presented in the unsettling half-light of the Galerie des Beaux-Arts on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Visitors walking down a corridor on the Rue Surréaliste saw a series of dressmakers mannequins inhabitants of a dreamlike Paris scantily clad or adorned with a jumble of incongruous objects and flanked by street signs bearing highly symbolic names: some real such as the Rue des Vieilles Lanternes where Gérard de Nerval took his own life or the Rue Vivienne where Lautréamont once lived alongside invented ones such as the Rue aux Lèvres the Rue de Tous-les-Diables and the Rue de la Transfusion-de-Sang. The installations of this first international Parisian Surrealist exhibition organised by André Breton and Éluard marked a decisive moment in the history of the movement. For the first time the event dispensed with a straightforward retrospective of individual artists in favour of a series of phantasmagorical stagings live performances and ephemeral artworks prefiguring the modern concepts of installation and happening. Nearly 3000 visitors are said to have thronged to this 1938 Paris exhibition by the light of electric torches: One has the feeling of leaning over certain exhumed walls and of being the first to decipher their signs. Jean Fraysse Le Figaro littéraire 29 January 1938. From Hausmanns sculpture and de Chiricos paintings to the works of Hans Bellmer the mannequin had long occupied a central place in the Dada and Surrealist artistic vocabulary and was cited in Bretons 1924 Manifeste. These woman-objects staged in the spirit of the Musée Grévin offered infinite possibilities for the transformation of the body and the exploration of the unconscious. Some have remained enduringly celebrated such as Le Bâillon vert à bouche de pensée André Massons mannequin enclosed in a birdcage or Duchamps considered the only three-dimensional version of his alter ego Rrose Sélavy taking the form of a man cross-dressed as a woman in the style of Claude Cahun. The mannequin of lesbian artist Sonia Mossé friend of Artaud and photographed by Man Ray with Nusch is her only known artwork and the sole mannequin in the installation created by a woman artist. Man Ray had incorporated Jean Petithory hardcover
