Misfortunes of the Immortals (Malheurs des immortels)
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Malheurs des immortels)
Artist
Max Ernst
(French, 1891-1976)
Publisher
Black Sun Press
Printer
Gemor Press
Author
Paul Eluard
(French, 1895-1952)
Designer
Caresse Croby
(American)
Unknown Role(Translator)
Hugh Chisholm
(American)
Place of OriginNew York City
Date1943
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in. (25.7 x 18.7 cm)
Medium22 relief line block reproductions of drawings (including collage)
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Emma Leah Bippus
Object number
2000.60
Not on View
DescriptionEnglish edition of an important modern illustrated book first published in 1920. "This edition has been designed and published by Caresse Crosby, handset in Spartan type twelve point and printed at the Gemor Press in the City of New York, March 1943." The sewn gatherings are bound in paper covered boards.
Published Referencescf. Wheeler, Monroe, Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators, New York, 1946, p. 101. c.f. Werner Spies, editor, Max Ernst : A Retrospective. Munich : Tate Gallery in association with Prestel, c1991. pp. 555-557.Exhibition HistoryTMA Feb 2 - April 2, 2001 cover (Dada); c.f. "Max Ernst," Julian Levy Gallery, New York City, 1943
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