Surrealism. Mesens. Surrealist Post Cards series. [1940]

Mesens (E.L.T) Autographed postcard. [From the A Dozen Surrealist Post Cards series.]
Card sent to J. Buckland-Wright from Mesens ‘Cher ami, Pour la correspondance personnelle rien de tel que la carte postale surrealiste et personnelle. A bientot. Amities, E.L.T.Mesens’ [Dear friend, For personal correspondence, nothing is better than the surreal and personal postcard. See you soon. Best regards, E.L.T.Mesens] § Valentine Penrose premier cahier de habitude de la poésie chez G. L. M. inscribed to Mary [Buckland-Wright] from Mesens ‘A Mary - pour mille choses semblables ou différentes qui reviennent à la même seule chose - l'esprit. [To Mary - for a thousand similar or different things that come down to the same thing - the mind.] 24pp printed on cream and orange paper, stapled, 142 x 100mm., Paris, 1937 § A Dozen Surrealist Post Cards. Edited by ELT Mesens. First series, 10 of 12 postcards numbered 1 to 12 [lacking nos. 7&8]: printed in one colour on white and different shades of card stock, cards bear the publisher's and illustrator's names in English on the reverse, contained within the original printed envelope, listing the 12 artists and the title in different typefaces, the publisher Mesens and the name of the English Surrealist Group, a fine collection of 10 cards, the flap for the envelope detached but present, 110 x 148 mm each, Surrealist Group in England. (London: Blackmore Press, [1940]; Buckland-Wright (John) Collection of 24 Surrealist Postcards of the same design printed in different colours on different shades of card, contained within the original printed envelope, listing the 12 artists and the title in different typefaces, the publisher Mesens and the name of the English Surrealist Group, , 110 x 148 mm each, Surrealist Group in England. (London: Blackmore Press, [1940], envelopes for both sets lightly worn; [1940]


First edition of the English series of the surrealist postcards, published by the Belgian poet ELT Mesens and the English surrealist group, around 1940. The reproduced works by: Eileen Agar, John Buckland-Wright, Giorgio de Chirico, Matta Echaurren, Esteban Frances, Len Lye, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Roland Penrose, Man Ray and Yves Tanguy.