{"title":"Max Ernst","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Max Ernst — German Surrealist painter, sculptor, and poet. Pioneer of Dada and Surrealism, known for his dreamlike imagery and experimental techniques including frottage and collage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-francois-petit-paris-surrealist-group-exhibition-invitation-1965","title":"A. François Petit, Paris — Surrealist Group Exhibition Invitation, December 1965","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal printed invitation card for an exhibition of selected works at A. François Petit, 122 boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8e, December 1965. Printed in script on pale green card stock. 10 × 8 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe card lists eleven artists: Hans Bellmer, Victor Brauner, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Wifredo Lam, René Magritte, Pierre Roy, Alberto Savinio, Max Walter Svanberg, Yves Tanguy, and Toyen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small and unusually elegant piece of mid-1960s Paris gallery ephemera. No image, no reproduction — just names, and the names do the work. The card condenses an entire Surrealist afterlife into a discreet printed square: Bellmer, Dalí, Ernst, Lam, Magritte, Tanguy, Toyen. Seen now, it reads less as a simple invitation than as a compact index of market formation, taste, and historical positioning in postwar Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe address is worth noting. André-François Petit ran his gallery from 122 boulevard Haussmann and became known as a committed dealer in Surrealism, handling figures including Dalí, Bellmer, Ernst, Magritte, and others from the movement's wider orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA minimal object, but a dense one: a private invitation, a dealer's calling card, and a quiet administrative fragment from the secondary life of Surrealism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good; light age toning and minor handling wear consistent with age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ships flat in a protective sleeve with backing board.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53157598691666,"sku":"EPH-1965-PETIT-001","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/A._Francois_Petit_Gallery_0001.jpg?v=1775688835"},{"product_id":"collages-surrealistes-exhibition-invitation-galerie-zabriskie-paris-1990","title":"Collages Surréalistes — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolded exhibition invitation with separate vernissage insert\u003cbr\u003eGalerie Zabriskie, 37 rue Quincampoix, Paris\u003cbr\u003e22 March – 3 May 1990\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffset print on cream textured stock\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 21 × 10 cm folded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eCollages Surréalistes\u003c\/em\u003e, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris. Artists listed: Eileen Agar, Max Bucaille, Joseph Cornell, Max Ernst, Georges Hugnet, Nicolás de Lecuona, Roland Penrose, and Max Servais. Loose insert announcing the cocktail reception of 27 March 1990, with entry code and floor designation intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover image reproduced from Georges Hugnet's \u003cem\u003eLe Sphinx du Moulin Vert\u003c\/em\u003e, 1934: aerial Paris interrupted by a single inserted eye. A Surrealist image already functioning through montage, displacement, and re-entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe invitation reduces the exhibition into a portable administrative unit. Names, dates, address, access instructions, reception time. Surrealism translated into circulation form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a reproduction. Not a later document. A surviving exhibition support, complete with insert, held outside the institutional archive. As far as currently known, no other example has been traced in public circulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e very good; light toning, minor handling wear, faint surface marks consistent with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal period item. Shipping included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53587876970834,"sku":"ZABRISKIE-GAL-INV-1990","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Agar_Eileen._Bucaille_Max._Cornell_Joseph._Ernst_Max._Penrose_Roland._Show_invite_Collages_Surrealistes_._1990_5cd18e41-d8ef-4d0c-af5a-5461232d3fc0.jpg?v=1779941786"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/max-ernst.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}