MESENS, E.L.T. E.L.T. Mesens presents three surrealist... Lot 89

MESENS, E.L.T. E.L.T. Mesens presents three surrealist painters. René Magritte, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy. [Brussels imp. Van Buggenhoudt 1937] In-4° : [20] pp. (wetness on the cover reverberating throughout the publication and creating interesting colour effects). Br. with light green cover. Rare catalogue of a collective exhibition organized at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 11 to 22 December 1937. Printed on paper of various colours (orange, green, yellow, grey...) and illustrated with black and white reproductions. Texts by "Jean" [Louis] Scutenaire and André Breton and 3 poems by Paul Éluard. The exhibition presented 76 works including 24 by Magritte, also present with 2 reproductions. ("La clef des songes" and "Le modèle rouge"). Autogr. letter signed by Scutenaire to Christian Bussy "Worn, damaged, soiled, rendered useless [!] by time - like surrealism [...] one of my first public manifestations, of all [drawn heart]". Ref. Mariën, L'activité surr. en Belgique, p. 417. - Missing in Schwilden. Prov. Christian Bussy (1936-2019), Belgian journalist, essayist and literary critic, great specialist in surrealism. Joint: 1. Magritte. Preface by Marcel Mariën. Brussels, Les Auteurs associés, (1943). In-12. Br. First edition. 1/1025 copies. n. Photographic portrait in frontispiece and 23 plates in colour. - 2. 2. Galerie des Éditions La Boétie. Surrealism. Catalogue of the exhibition. S.l., s.n., 1945. In-12. Br. with coloured covers (top cover folded and def.). Cover illus. by Magritte ("Le viol"), 4 photographic plates, texts by Breton, Nougé, Tzara, Éluard, Magritte, Scutenaire and Mariën. - 3 Magritte, René - Au miroir d'Élisabeth, [1947]. 10.5 x 15 cm: billboard printed in red and black and illustrated by Magritte for the bookshop opened by Marcel Mariën in Schaerbeek. Ref. Schwilden 137. - 4 Magritte. Exhibition catalogue. Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, May-June 1964. Bilingual texts by Magritte and Breton. - 5.-8. 4 stamps with the effigy of Magritte, 1993, on 4 illustrated envelopes. (9 pcs)