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(SADE, MARQUIS THIBAULT DE). Bezzola, Tobia, Michael Pfister & Stefan Zweifel, Editors. Ostfildern-Ruit, GERMANY & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Hatje Cantz Verlag & Kunsthaus Zurich, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Flocked Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 308pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German. This is the substantial, copiously illustrated hardbound catalogue produced for the 2002 Kunsthaus Zurich exhibition "Sade / Surreal" that combines essays about, and artwork related to the Marquis De Sade and his influence on Surrealist imagery. The usual suspects rounded up here include Hans Bellmer, Alberto Giacometti, Alfred Kubin, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Rene Magritte, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Felicien Rops, Jindrich Styrsky, and many, many more. A most handsome example of this sensual book-object appropriately bound in opulent maroon flocked and debossed boards. 3-7757-1065-5 Inventory Number: 014741