Max Ernst's Histoire Naturelle was first published in Paris in 1926. Ernst had begun to use frottage (rubbing) in the early 1920s, in the way he used collage, as a visual equivalent to automatic writing. In this technique he saw a way of minimising the role of conventional artistic skill. But, despite this self-denial, he contrived a series of images which are intensely personal, hauntingly memorable and which remain one of the notable landmarks of Surrealism." – from the preface.
Title: Max Ernst's Histoire Naturelle : Leaves Never Grow on Trees
Author: Max Ernst, with an introductory text by Roland Penrose
Publisher: Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1982
Format: Softcover
Pages: 45pp.
Images: Illustrated in b/w throughout
Condition: Very Good. Some age wear to the cover, otherwise very good. Pages clean and binding firm.
Stock Number: RB01882
Max Ernst's Histoire Naturelle was first published in Paris in 1926. Ernst had begun to use frottage (rubbing) in the early 1920s, in the way he used collage, as a visual equivalent to automatic writing. In this technique he saw a way of minimising the role of conventional artistic skill. But, despite this self-denial, he contrived a series of images which are intensely personal, hauntingly memorable and which remain one of the notable landmarks of Surrealism." – from the preface.
Title: Max Ernst's Histoire Naturelle : Leaves Never Grow on Trees
Author: Max Ernst, with an introductory text by Roland Penrose
Publisher: Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Publication date: 1982
Format: Softcover
Pages: 45pp.
Images: Illustrated in b/w throughout
Condition: Very Good. Some age wear to the cover, otherwise very good. Pages clean and binding firm.
Stock Number: RB01882
