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Max Ernst — La Ballade du soldat (The Ballad of the Soldier) (S. & L. 218)
Max Ernst

La Ballade du soldat (The Ballad of the Soldier) (S. & L. 218)

A special edition hors commerce print by Max Ernst from La Ballade du Soldat, featuring texts by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. This work from the special H.C. edition demonstrates Ernst's surrealist printmaking mastery.

Medium
All signed and numbered 'H.C. IV/XIX' in pencil, from the special edition (one of 19 hors commerce sets on this paper, there were also 79 in Arabic numerals, and an edition of 749 on Arches), published by Pierre Chave, Vence, lacking the accompanying book with texts by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, all unframed.

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Evening & Day Editions

June 14, 2021

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Max Ernst, La Ballade du soldat (The Ballad of the Soldier) (S. & L. 218)

A special edition hors commerce print by Max Ernst from La Ballade du Soldat, featuring texts by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. This work from the special H.C. edition demonstrates Ernst's surrealist printmaking mastery.

Medium
All signed and numbered 'H.C. IV/XIX' in pencil, from the special edition (one of 19 hors commerce sets on this paper, there were also 79 in Arabic numerals, and an edition of 749 on Arches), published by Pierre Chave, Vence, lacking the accompanying book with texts by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, all unframed.
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, European Master, Hors Commerce, Max Ernst, Printmaking, Modern Art, Limited Edition

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Art Institute of Chicago