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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
- 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, 95Rainwater, R. Max Ernst, beyond surrealism, 82Chapon, F. Iliazd (in Iliazd : Centre Georges Pompidou), p. 115-116Isselbacher, A. Iliazd and the illustrated book, p. 82, no. 4Castleman, 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) PublisherImprimerie Union. PrinterBarnier, Louis. PrinterBilloir, Raymond. PrinterGeorges Visat (Firm) Printer of platesVisat, Georges, 1910-2001. Printer of platesLemoine, Louis. Printer of platesTanning, Dorothea, 1910-2012. Donor
- Research Call Number
- Spencer Coll. French 1964 09-253