Pierre Molinier. Seven postcards for the Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme

in Paris, 1959. One signed copy. 13.5 x 9 cm each, published by Molinier's Atelier du Grenier St Pierre in Bordeaux, 1959. (1) Signed card, with reproduced Molinier drawing 'Les femmes actuelles sont des fleurs renversées'. Verso with Atelier du Grenier Saint-Pierre address information. Contains a handwritten text in black ink addressed to Monsieur P. Gilbert in Paris stating 'Cloefsasetion (?) Internationale du Surréalisme Paris 1959-1960. Puiser et développer l' eternel (?) feminin. Symphaties'.

(2) Card with reproduced illustration by Molinier, accompanied by an extract from André Breton's preface for a 1955 Molinier catalogue. Verso with Atelier du Grenier Saint-Pierre address information. (3-7) Five cards with b/w reproductions of Molinier paintings: Madame d’O, Comtesse Midralgar (collection André Breton), La Fleur du Paradis, Le Temps des Assassins and Les Dames au Pistolet. A total of 8 cards were published by the artist to announce his participation in the (last) international Surrealist exhibition, themed 'Eros', held at Galerie Daniel Cordier in Paris, curated by André Breton. Pierre Molinier (1900-1976), was a Surrealist painter and photographer, and precursor to body art, known for his radical and pornographic artwork. Scarce items in very good condition.