La femme 100 têtes
By: Max Ernst ; avis au lecteur par André Breton
Contributors: Breton, André, 1896-1966, author of introduction, etc; Editions du Carrefour
Publisher: Editions du Carrefour
Published: 1929
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Artists' books; Women; Fiction; Wood-engraving; Specimens
Other titles: Femme cent têtes
Description: " ... Ernst's first collage novel. It features a loosely narrative sequence of uncanny Surrealist collages, made by cutting up and reassembling nineteenth-century illustrations, accompanied by Ernst's equally strange captions. Ernst's French title, La Femme 100 têtes, is a double entendre; when read aloud it can be understood as either 'the hundred-headed woman' or 'the headless woman.' Along with this enigmatic title character, the book marks the introduction of Ernst's favorite alter ego, Loplop, 'the Bird Superior'"--Museum of Modern Art website, viewed May 8, 2019.
Notes: Author's name at head of title.

Plates arranged in 9 chapters, each accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress.

"12 ex. sur Japon Imṕerial numérotés de 1 à 12 plus 3 ex. H.C. dont l'un imprimé au nom de Marie-Berthe. 88 ex. sur Hollannde Pannekoek numérotés de 13 à 100. 900 ex. sur vélin teinté numérotes de 101 à 1000"--Page facing half-title page.

Rare Book copy: No. 735.