Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max. – *La Ballade du - Lot 549

Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges – Ernst, Max. – *La Ballade du soldat*. Vence: Pierre Chave, 1972. Large quarto (383 x 278 mm), loose-leaf, with an illustrated lined cover, a blue percaline slipcase and folder from the publisher, the folder featuring an illustration on the front cover, title on the spine—95 pp., [3 pp.]. The book is illustrated with 34 color lithographs by M. Ernst, including 25 full-page illustrations and 2 vignettes. French edition printed in a run of 315 copies on Arches vellum; this copy is one of H-C (no. XI/XVIII), signed by the author and the artist on the colophon. Included: A brochure produced by the Galerie Alphonse Chave in April–May 1965, “Tribute to Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes on his 80th Birthday.” Exhibition of 20 drawings on the theme of trees and 5 paintings from the years 1905–1920—13 ff. in an illustrated softcover binding, including 1 drawing in India ink, poems by J. Prévert, Ribemont-Dessaignes, Ph. Soupault, and G. Limbour; texts by A. Breton, Norge, and Iliazd; a bibliography of Ribemont-Dessaignes; a catalog of the exhibited works; and 9 pp. of photographic reproductions.