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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)

Guillaume Tempel, 65 Maximiliana ou l'Exercise illégal de l'Astronomie, Le Degré 41 (Iliazd), Paris, 1964

Closed21 October 2020

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MAX ERNST (1891-1976)
Guillaume Tempel, 65 Maximiliana ou l'Exercise illégal de l'Astronomie, Le Degré 41 (Iliazd), Paris, 1964
the complete artist's book comprising twenty-eight etchings (nine with aquatint) and six aquatints in colors, on Japon paper, signed in pencil on the title page, number 52 of 65, with title, text in French and justification pages, the full sheets, in good condition, loose (as issued) within various paper wrappers contained in vellum wrapper with printed image on front, cloth-covered boards and slipcase with printed image on spine
Overall: 17 ½ x 13 ¾ x 2 in. (445 x 349 x 51 mm.)
(album)

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According to the Museum of Modern Art, "65 Maximiliana is the culmination of Ernst’s profound engagement with illustrated books. The project was a collaboration between the artist and Iliazd (Il’ia Zdanevich), a Georgian-born book designer and publisher. The title refers to a planetoid discovered in 1861 by the unsung German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Tempel, who named it in honor of Maximilian II, then king of Bavaria. Ernst’s text and biomorphic aquatints pay homage to Tempel as a kindred spirit seeking to represent domains outside ordinary human perception; they are complemented by the typography that Iliazd designed to float, constellation-like, across each page. Ernst also added a hieroglyphic script of his own invention to many of the pages."