Max Ernst

1891 - 1976

Histoire Naturelle (Spies/Leppien 222)

The set of thirty-four collotypes (lacking the signed lithograph printed in colours), 1972, with the title-page, list of plates, and introduction page with text in German by Hans Arp, numbered 5 in black ink on the justification, from the edition of 111 (there was also a numbered edition of 112-350 without the signed lithograph printed in colours), published by Verl🧸ag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, Germany, on wove paper, contained loose (as issued) in the original cloth-covered box

each sheet approx.: 500 by 325mm 19½ by 12¾in