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Natural history
(Histoire naturelle)
(c. 1925); published 1926

Medium
collotype and letterpress; 34 loose-leaf prints, and four folded sheets with letterpress title, introduction by Hans Arp and colophon, in a cloth-backed portfolio with printed title label affixed to upper board
Measurements
(1) 43.0 × 26.5 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(2) 43.2 × 26.3 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(3) 43.1 × 26.2 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(4) 43.1 × 26.3 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(5) 43.0 × 26.2 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(6) 26.2 × 36.2 cm (image) 32.4 × 49.9 cm (sheet)
(7) 43.0 × 25.7 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(8) 43.1 × 26.0 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(9) 43.0 × 26.0 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.3 cm (sheet)
(10) 43.2 × 26.3 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(11) 26.0 × 43.1 cm (image) 32.4 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(12) 26.0 × 42.8 cm (image) 32.5 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(13) 26.2 × 36.2 cm (image) 32.4 × 49.9 cm (sheet)
(14) 25.8 × 43.0 cm (image) 32.6 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(15) 43.0 × 26.3 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(16) 43.3 × 26.3 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(17) 43.1 × 26.0 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.3 cm (sheet)
(18) 43.3 × 26.0 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(19) 42.8 × 25.9 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(20) 43.0 × 26.0 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.3 cm (sheet)
(21) 43.0 × 26.2 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.3 cm (sheet)
(22) 43.1 × 26.1 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(23) 42.8 × 25.9 cm (image) 49.8 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(24) 43.0 × 25.8 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(25) 43.3 × 25.8 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.4 cm (sheet)
(26) 43.3 × 26.3 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(27) 26.0 × 43.0 cm (image) 32.4 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(28) 25.8 × 43.0 cm (image) 32.5 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(29) 26.2 × 43.3 cm (image) 32.5 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(30) 26.0 × 42.7 cm (image) 32.5 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(31) 40.4 × 26.0 cm (image) 50.0 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
(32) 26.3 × 43.0 cm (image) 32.4 × 49.9 cm (sheet)
(33) 26.0 × 42.9 cm (image) 32.5 × 50.0 cm (sheet)
(34) 43.0 × 26.3 cm (image) 49.9 × 32.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Edition
ed. 176/300
Printing/Publishing
published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, Paris
Inscription
(1) printed in ink l.c.: I
(2) printed in ink l.c.: II
(3) printed in ink l.c.: III
(4) printed in ink l.c.: IV
(5) printed in ink l.c.: V
(6) printed in ink l.c.: VI
(7) printed in ink l.c.: VII
(8) printed in ink l.c.: VIII
(9) printed in ink l.c.: IX
(10) printed in ink l.c.: X
(11) printed in ink l.c.: XI
(12) printed in ink l.c.: XII
(13) printed in ink l.c.: XIII
(14) printed in ink l.c.: XIV
(15) printed in ink l.c.: XV
(16) printed in ink l.c.: XVI
(17) printed in ink l.c.: XVII
(18) printed in ink l.c.: XVIII
(19) printed in ink l.c.: XIX
(20) printed in ink l.c.: XX
(21) printed in ink l.c.: XXI
(22) printed in ink l.c.: XXII
(23) printed in ink l.c.: XXIII
(24) printed in ink l.c.: XXIV
(25) printed in ink l.c.: XXV
(26) printed in ink l.c.: XXVI
(27) printed in ink l.c.: XXVII
(28) printed in ink l.c.: XXVIII
(29) printed in ink l.c.: XXIX
(30) printed in ink l.c.: XXX
(31) printed in ink l.c.: XXXI
(32) printed in ink l.c.: XXXII
(33) printed in ink l.c.: XXXIII
(34) printed in ink l.c.: XXXIV
Accession Number
2023.758.1-34
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2023
© Max Ernst/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Not on display