Air mexicain

First edition, one of 249 numbered copies on B. F. K. de Rives, the only printing other than 1 copy on Hollande and 24 on vélin crème de Renage. Illustrated with 4 original colour lithographs by Rufino Tamayo.

This copy further contains 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".

Exceptional presentation copy, with a Surrealist inscription by Benjamin Péret to Toyen inspired by the Aztec pantheon: “À Toyen la fille de Pilzintacutli, son ami Huitzilopochtli. Rectifions : son père est Xochipilli, l’autre n’est qu’un intrus. Benjamin Péret 2 juin 1953.” [To Toyen, daughter of Pilzintacutli, from her friend Huitzilopochtli. Let us correct that: her father is Xochipilli, the other is merely an intruder.]