Alexander Alexeieff‘s 1927 illustrations for Jean Genbach’s L’Abbé de l’Abbaye:
From the collection of Richard Sica
This post exists for the illustrations, but a little digging reveals that Jean Genbach was a defrocked French priest who corresponded with the Surrealists. Here he is sticking up for love, and a footnote to Pulp Surrealism tells us, “There is some confusion as to this person’s name. Each time he wrote to La Revolution Surrealiste, he used a slightly different name: E. Gegenbach, Abbe E. Gegenbach, Jean Genbach. Jean Genbach was the name used in the index of the final issue of La Revolution Surrealiste.”
From the “Dossier Gegenbach,” perhaps an illustration by Alexeieff?
Here’s a photo of Genbach and some images for his Adieu Satan.
(and I wish I could get a better image of this cover)
Many of the images in this post were cropped because of the difficulty of scanning. You’ll also notice some distortion. I think they shine through the technical difficulties.
Previously:
