André Breton (1896-1966)

Toyen (1902-1980)

TOYEN

1953
Book format 8°, 20x15 cm. 104 numbered pages, in French and English. Soft sewn binding, with a cover featuring a cut-out and a red metallic background designed by Guy Doumayrou. Title page printed in black. 1 color illustration (frontispiece) and 40 black-and-white reproductions of the author`s works, plus 1 photograph. Texts by André Breton, Jindřich Heisler, and Benjamin Péret. Issued by Meda Mládková publishing house Editions Sokolova in 1953 as the first monograph on Toyen, in a print run of 1036 numbered copies, this copy is number 925. Small spot on title page, otherwise in excellent condition. Provenance: Galerie Maldoror.