28-ToyenToyen - catalogue of classics of surrealism, 1953
Toyen - catalogue of classics of surrealism, 1953
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paper, porous cardboard, numbered print, 204/1000, 21 × 15,5 cmThe author's first monograph was published in Paris in the Edici
Sokolova in 1953 by Meda Mládková under her maiden name.
The monograph included texts by important surrealist
authors André Breton, Benjamin Peréta and Jindřich Heisler
and included a mounted reproduction of a photograph of Toyen in the introduction,
extensive photographic documentation of her paintings, a biographical note
and an inventory of previous publications. Avant-garde cover by Guy
Doumayrou was printed on a hand press by Meyer-Ruelle.
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