PAUL ÉLUARD (1895-1952), AUTOGRAPH MAN RAY (1890-1976) FACILE LIMITED EDITION. 1935. WITH AUTOGRAPHED DEDICATION SIGNED ‘PAUL ÉLUARD’ 1 VOLUME. IN FRENCH.

Paris, Éditions G.L.M., 1935 Poems by Paul Éluard, photographs by Man Ray. 14 unnumbered leaves in a folder with flaps, containing the poems of Paul Éluard, illustrated with 12 photographs by Man Ray, printed in heliogravure by Breger. Copy No. 478, one of 1,200 copies on vellum, of which 1,000 are numbered from 21 to 1,020. Dedication signed 'Paul Eluard' on the half-title page: 'To my old friend Georges Sadoul / Paul Eluard'. 24.5 x 18.5 cm In 1935, Man Ray produced a series of photographs of Nusch, Paul Éluard’s second wife. It was on these images that Éluard wrote the love poems for *Facile*, a collection published and typeset by the poet and typographer Guy Levis Mano. A collaboration between the surrealist photographer and the poet, in which text and image interact in perfect harmony, creating a seamless union of the visual and literary arts. Emmanuel Radnitsky, known as Man Ray American painter, photographer and filmmaker who became a naturalised French citizen. Famous for his contributions to Surrealist and Dadaist art, particularly in painting, photography and film. Paul Éluard, pen name of Eugène Grindel French poet. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, borrowed from his maternal grandmother, Félicie. A leading figure of Surrealism. He collaborated with Sadoul on several cultural projects. Maria Benz (Nusch Éluard) (1906–1946) A Franco-German artist, she is best known as Nusch Éluard, muse and wife of Paul Éluard. An icon of Surrealism, she explored the performing arts, acrobatics and hypnosis before becoming one of the most renowned muses of Surrealist Paris, celebrated in the works of Man Ray, Picasso, Miró, Valentine Hugo, Dora Maar and others; she inspired major works.