VALENTINE HUGO (1887-1968) Portrait d'Arthur Rimbaud (Painted in December 1933)

MAX ERNST (1891-1976) Méduse circonflexe (Painted in 1933)

ANDRÉ BRETON (1896-1966) Minuit juste 84.6cm (33 5/16in). high (Executed in 1959)

Leonor Fini (1907-1996); Metamorphosis of a Woman (Metamorphose Einer Frau);

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