(to TOYEN) Benjamin PÉRET
Air mexicain
[Air Mexican]
Librairie Arcanes|Paris [Paris] 1952|19.5 x 25 cm|En feuilles
First edition, one of 249 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives, the only printing alongside 1 on Hollande and 24 on cream Renage vellum.
Illustrated with 4 original color lithographs by Rufino Tamayo.
This copy is further enriched with an additional suite of the 4 lithographs by Rufino Tamayo, usually reserved for the deluxe copies.
Printed stamps to the versos of each engraving: "Annulation d'estampille pour annulation de vente".
A rare and desirable copy.
Exceptional and Surrealist autograph inscription signed by Benjamin Péret to Toyen, inspired by the Aztec pantheon: "A Toyen la fille de Pilzintacutli, son ami Huitzilopochtli. Rectifions : son père est Xochipilli, l'autre n'esu qu'un intrus. Benjamin Péret 2 juin 1953."
€6,000