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Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
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[Toyen] (designer) Matka: Povídky a medailony
Prague: Rudolf Kmoch, 1943. 8vo. 175 pp. With frontispiece by Toyen. Quarter cloth over decorated paper-covered boards; photographic dust-jacket also designed by Toyen.
With André Breton's help, the painter Toyen (1902–1980) helped make Prague a significant center for Surrealist activity. Born Marie Cermínová, he adopted the name Toyen, dressed in men's clothes, and used masculine pronouns.