![TOYEN.
Hide, War! A series of nine drawings. 1944. Poem by J. Heisler.
Paris: the artist, May 1947. — Oblong in-4 album, 306 x 390: (2 ff.), 9 plates. Loose sheets, in the publisher’s cardboard slipcase.
A rare first edition of this album of nine works by the Czech painter TOYEN (1902–1980), accompanied by the French translation of a poem by the Czech poet Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953).
These drawings were created in 1944 and depict animal skeletons in dreamlike, devastated landscapes, reflecting the anguish of that turbulent era.
Edition of 300 numbered copies (no. 136).
Inscription by the artist on the title page:
To Arsène de Bonnafous [sic] // With warm regards // Toyen
Copy in very good condition.](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/fullHD/97/185307/c556ffdf3a4ebe49a1f87b86e98f97ed)
TOYEN. Hide, War! A series of nine drawings. 1944. Poem by J. Heisler. Paris: the artist, May 1947. — Oblong in-4 album, 306 x 390: (2 ff.), 9 plates. Loose sheets, in the publisher’s cardboard slipcase. A rare first edition of this album of nine works by the Czech painter TOYEN (1902–1980), accompanied by the French translation of a poem by the Czech poet Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953). These drawings were created in 1944 and depict animal skeletons in dreamlike, devastated landscapes, reflecting the anguish of that turbulent era. Edition of 300 numbered copies (no. 136). Inscription by the artist on the title page: To Arsène de Bonnafous [sic] // With warm regards // Toyen Copy in very good condition.
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TOYEN.
Hide, War! A series of nine drawings. 1944. Poem by J. Heisler.
Paris: the artist, May 1947. — Oblong in-4 album, 306 x 390: (2 ff.), 9 plates. Loose sheets, in the publisher’s cardboard slipcase.
A rare first edition of this album of nine works by the Czech painter TOYEN (1902–1980), accompanied by the French translation of a poem by the Czech poet Jindřich Heisler (1914–1953).
These drawings were created in 1944 and depict animal skeletons in dreamlike, devastated landscapes, reflecting the anguish of that turbulent era.
Edition of 300 numbered copies (no. 136).
Inscription by the artist on the title page:
To Arsène de Bonnafous [sic] // With warm regards // Toyen
Copy in very good condition.
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