Property Formerly in the Lefebvre-Foinet Family Collection, Paris
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Max Ernst
Le Sonneur, Carte de l'Océan (The Ringer, Map of the Ocean), from 'La Chasse au Snark' ('The Hunting of the Snark') by Lewis Carroll (S. & L. 32)
Estimate
$6,000–8,000
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1950
Etching, on Rives paper, with full margins.
I. 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm)
S. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (24.8 x 15.9 cm)
S. 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (24.8 x 15.9 cm)
A unique proof printed in dark blue, terra cotta and light olive green (the edition was in blue, pink and light blue), signed 'Max et Dorothea Ernst', dated 'Paris le 3 Juin 1950', and dedicated 'Nos meilleurs voeux de bonheur à Josette Lefebvre et Henry Baxter Carmichael' in ink (all slightly faded), between Spies and Leppin states I.C-F (of 2B), the total book edition was 45 published by Editions Premières, Paris, printed in France, framed.