Woodcut for Dyn, No. 2.
signed
by PAALEN, WOLFGANG.
Coyoacán, 1942.. Original woodcut, printed on tissue, signed and numbered in pencil (edition of 35). 253 x 197 mm. (10 x 7 3/4 inches). Presentation copy, with a fine six-line inscription in pencil "à Madame/ Marie Cuttoli/ en souvenir de Paris/ hommage respectuent/ de Wolfgang Paalen/ Mexico 1942" at lower left. This woodcut was actually cut by the artist Díaz de León after a design by Paalen, and normal copies of it, unsigned and on ordinary paper, were published in Dyn No. 2 with the caption bois de W. Paalen gravé par Díaz de León. As is evident from his inscription, though, Paalen certainly regarded it as his own print. These 35 hand-numbered copies on tissue were evidently meant to be tipped into the deluxe edition of the review. Mme. Marie Cuttoli, to whom it is inscribed, was a well-known collector and patron of the arts, and an old and intimate friend of Picassos. Tipped onto archival mat; two tiny chips at top edge; a fine copy. (Inventory #: B74282-1)