Aquatint on vélin cuve de Rives paper. Paper size: 9.65 x 7.87 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Feuilles éparses, 1965. Published and printed by Louis Broder, Paris, June 18, 1965. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album was completed to print, June 18, 1965 in Paris. Original collective edition drawn of one hundred and fifty examples on vélin cuve de Rives, numbered 1 to 130 and I to XX. Some examples are intended for companions. All examples are signed by the artists on the colophons. The unique lithography of Wols, and the etching of Dominguez are their last engraved works. Apart from the edition it was drawn proofs on large margins on various papers, all justified and signed by the artists. The woods and coppers have been striped and the stones erased after the draw.
OSCAR DOMINGUEZ (1906-1957) was a Spanish surrealist painter. He popularized the Russian-invented technique of decalcomania as a Surrealist automatic technique in 1936, using gouache spread thinly on a sheet of paper or other surface (glass has been used), which is then pressed onto another surface such as a canvas. Automatism, invented by Andre Breton, was important for the Surrealists as a means of channeling their subconscious through art. Domínguez's style influenced many artists including Max Ernst, Hans Bellmer, Remedios Varo and Dutch poet and translator Gertrude Pape.
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