Description
Bjerke-Petersen, Vilh. (Vilhelm): Copenhagen: Arthur Jensens Forlag, 1937. 8vo uncut in the original illustrated wraps as issued with reproduction af a Salvador Dali work to front cover. 16.7 x 23.8 cm. 60 pages with numerous black and white reproductions of paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture by Salvador Dali, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, Giogio de Chirico, Victor Brauner, Joan Miro, Hans Arp, Max Ernst, Valentine Hugo, jindrich Styrsky, Stellan Mörner, Roland Penrose, Oscar Dominguez, René Magritte. Danish text by Vilh. Bjerke-Petersen. Contemporary name (William Hansen) to inner front cover and some sunning to cover edges and minor wear to edges and spine ends but overall a good to very good, clean and tight copy
First edition. Scarce. Vilh. Bjerke-Petersen was a leading force in communicating Surrealist ideas to a Scandinavian audience. He organized exhibitions with internationally-known Surrealists such as Dali and Magritte, and was closely connected to the Swedish avant-garde Halmstadgruppen
