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Une Semaine de Bonté
ou Les Sept Éléments Capitaux (Roman)

Item date(s): 1934

Max Ernst

Pages: unpaged
Size: 280mm
Edition: #591, 592, 592, 591, 592.

Place publication: Paris
Publisher: Aux Éditions Jeanne Bucher
Cat. 013 - MM2
Exhibition 2017

Additional notes:
Seven parts in five fascicles:

1. Magenta (Mauve) covers. Premier Cahier. Dimanche. Élément: La Boue. Example: Le Lion de Belfort.

2. Green covers. Deuxième Cahier. Lundi. Élément: L'Eau. Example: L'eau.

3. Red covers. Troisième Cahier. Mardi. Élément: Le Feu. Example: La Cour du Dragon.

4. Blue covers. Quatrième Cahier. Mercredi. Élément: Le Sang. Example: Oe Dipe (Oedipe).

5. Yellow covers. Dernier Cahier. Jeundi. Élément: Le Noir. Example: Le Rire du Coq; L'ile de Paques; Vendredi. Élément: La Vue. Example: L'interieur de la Vue; Samedi. Élément: Inconnu. Example: La Clé de[s] Chants.

In Yellow drop-back box with red leather label.

Translation of title: A Week of Kindness (Goodness) or The Seven Captial Elements.

Illustrated on page 19+ of Surrealismus und Buchkunst by Lothar Lang, 1993.

Illustrated on page 182 of "Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, 2001.

Illustrated on page 61 of The Century of Artists' Books by Johanna Drucker, 1995.

Illustrated on page 70 of The Book as a Work of Art by Giogio Maffei, 2006.

Illustrated as item 14 in Modern & Contemporary Illustrated & Photography Books. Ursus Books. 2011.

See: News & Nightmares, Homer, Ernst and Wood Engraving by Amy N. Worthen (2010).

Exhibition notes:
Item 013 - MM2 on Booknesses: Artists' books from the Jack Ginsberg Collection.

UJ Art Gallery, University of Johannesburg

25 March to 5 May 2017

Ref: GB/10612