Georges Hugnet. Surréalistische schilderkunst

Amsterdam, Galerie Robert / Scheltema & Holkema, 1938. Softcover, 24.5 x 16 cm, 28 pp. Text in Dutch by George Hugnet, with 32 b/w reproductions of artworks. Cover design by Max Ernst. Rare catalogue of the first international Surrealist exhibition in the Netherlands, organized just after the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme which took place in Paris in the spring of 1938.

Organized by Kristians Tonny and Georges Hugnet and held at Galerie Robert (owned by Tonny's parents). Participating artists included Duchamp, Ernst, Breton, Eluard, Hugnet, Picasso, Miro, Oppenheim, Paalen, Seligmann, Styrsky, Dali, Masson, Penrose, Tanguy, de Chirico, Arp, Brauner, Magritte, Ray and Bellmer. Ex libris on rear cover. Light spine wear, cover with discolouration and light soiling, interior fine. In protective transparent wrapper. Scarce item.