La brebis galante (The Flirtatious Ewe): title page
Max Ernst (1891-1976)
Ref. 522b
Etchings, 1949, the three etchings printed in colours from the series, including the title page, plate 5 (blue) and plate 7 (red and black), from the set (the book comprised 22 prints – three etchings, eighteen line blocks and one lithograph), from the total edition of 321 (plus a few proofs), printed by G. Visat, published by Éditions Premières, Paris
Title Plate 19.7 x 15 cm; Two plates 12.6 x 10 cm
Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1974
Literature: Brusberg 49; Spies & Leppien 28; cf. Artist and the Book 100