{"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","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/a-francois-petit-paris-surrealist-group-exhibition-invitation-1965","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}