(SURREALISM.) NEON. N'être rien, être tout, ouvrir l'être. Volumes 2, 3, & 5 (of 5). Literary and artistic contributions by Max Ernst, Julien Gracq, Arshile Gorky, Maurice Heine, Marcel Jean, A. Jouffroy, Wifredo Lam, Marcel Lecomte, Gilbert Lely, Pierre Mabille, Roberto Matta, Henri Pastoureau, Benjamin Péret, Riopelle and others. Large folio (615x417 mm), toned and brittle paper, splits along folds, worse on the rare Volume 2 (designed by Kiesler, with the help of Magloire Saint-Aude, a Martinique poet, Brauner, Herold and Toyen, with a sinuous black serpent form running through all four pages), a few other small chips and creases at edges. Paris: February 1948 - May 1949
