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(65) Maximiliana, ou, L'exercice illégal de l'astronomie

Title
(65) Maximiliana, ou, L'exercice illégal de l'astronomie / écritures et eaux fortes de Max Ernst, pour commenter et illustrer les données de Ernst Guillaume Tempel ; mises en lumière par Iliazd.
Author
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
Publication
Paris : Le Degré quarante et un, c1964.

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Additional Authors
  • Tempel, Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht, 1821-1889.
  • Iliazd, 1894-1975.
  • Barnier, Louis.
  • Billoir, Raymond.
  • Visat, Georges, 1910-2001.
  • Lemoine, Louis.
  • Degré quarante et un (Firm) pbl
  • Imprimerie Union. prt
  • Georges Visat (Firm) pop
Description
30 folded sheets (29, [1] [i.e. 58] leaves) : ill. (chiefly col.); 43 cm.
Uniform Title
Maximiliana
Alternative Title
  • Maximiliana
  • Maximiliana, ou, l'Exercice illégal de l'astronomie
  • Exercice illégal de l'astronomie
  • Soixante-cinq Maximiliana, ou, l'Exercice illégal de l'astronomie
Subjects
Genre/Form
Artists' books – France.
Note
  • "65 exemplaires aux chiffres arabes, X aux chiffres romains, Japon ancien"--Colophon.
  • On t.p., "65" is enclosed in a circle. The reference is to the asteroid originally named (65) Maximiliana by its discoverer, E.W.L. Tempel; name subsequently changed to (65) Cybèle.
  • "Taille douce de Georges Visat, soins de Louis Lemoine. Imprimerie Union de Louis Barnier, soins de Raymond Billoir"--Colophon.
  • Consists of 30 bifolia printed on inside of sheet only; first and last leaves blank. The bifolia (except first two and last) are numbered.
  • Illustrations: 34 prints on 40 p. : etching, aquatint ; various sizes (6 double-page in width). Comprise 6 aquatints, 9 etchings with aquatint, and 19 pure etchings; printed in black, brown, blue, green, ochre, and several other colors (17 printed in 1 color, 15 in 2 colors, 1 each in 3 and 4 colors). -- 25 photomechanical prints : photolithograph ; various sizes. Printed in 1 or 2 colors. In all, 47 p. contain ill. (34 etchings on 40 p., of which 18 also include lithographs, and 7 p. illustrated with lithographs only). For detailed description, cf. "Max Ernst and the artist's book," by A.H. Greet (in Max Ernst, beyond surrealism), p. 126-156. -- Additional ill. on vellum covers and spine of portfolio.
  • Preceded and followed by blank bifolia of gray-green laid paper; inner wrappers preceded and followed by blank bifolia of brown butcher paper.
Indexed In (note)
  • Leppien, H.R. Max Ernst, das graphische Werk
  • Rainwater, R. Max Ernst, beyond surrealism
  • Chapon, F. Iliazd (in Iliazd : Centre Georges Pompidou)
  • Isselbacher, A. Iliazd and the illustrated book
  • Castleman, R. Century of artists books
Language (note)
  • Texts by Tempel include journal entries and correspondence in French and Italian and a poem, "Der Glöckner," in German.
Binding (note)
  • Issued unbound, in wrappers of gray-green laid paper and triple wrappers of white Auvergne paper, in illustrated vellum covers; enclosed in illustrated beige cloth portfolio and slipcase.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. French 1964 09-253
OCLC
54307140
Author
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976.
Title
(65) Maximiliana, ou, L'exercice illégal de l'astronomie / écritures et eaux fortes de Max Ernst, pour commenter et illustrer les données de Ernst Guillaume Tempel ; mises en lumière par Iliazd.
Imprint
Paris : Le Degré quarante et un, c1964.
Indexed In:
Leppien, H.R. Max Ernst, das graphische Werk, 95
Rainwater, R. Max Ernst, beyond surrealism, 82
Chapon, F. Iliazd (in Iliazd : Centre Georges Pompidou), p. 115-116
Isselbacher, A. Iliazd and the illustrated book, p. 82, no. 4
Castleman, R. Century of artists books, p. 99
Language
Texts by Tempel include journal entries and correspondence in French and Italian and a poem, "Der Glöckner," in German.
Binding
Issued unbound, in wrappers of gray-green laid paper and triple wrappers of white Auvergne paper, in illustrated vellum covers; enclosed in illustrated beige cloth portfolio and slipcase.
Local Note
Gift of Dorthea Tanning.
Place of Publication
France Paris.
Added Author
Tempel, Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht, 1821-1889.
Iliazd, 1894-1975.
Degré quarante et un (Firm) Publisher
Imprimerie Union. Printer
Barnier, Louis. Printer
Billoir, Raymond. Printer
Georges Visat (Firm) Printer of plates
Visat, Georges, 1910-2001. Printer of plates
Lemoine, Louis. Printer of plates
Tanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012. Donor
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. French 1964 09-253
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