En Pleno Día by Gómez-Correa, Enrique

51 pp. volume of poetry from the Chilean Surrealist poet and diplomat, with illustrations from Italian-American Surrealist painter Enrico Donati, many poems untitled, some with titles such as "Los seres permeables", "El espíritu objetivo", "El espíritu subjetivo", "Otra vez el mundo ético", and "Mandrágora, arte poético". Scattered illustrations throughout. 4to. Original wrpps. with cover illustration from Donati, some very minor toning. Housed in mylar cover. Handwritten dedication in ink to Joseph Heisler to front flyleaf, signature illegible. Santiago de Chile (Ediciones Mandrágora) 1949. Numbered copy 50 from a limited edition of 500, signed to colophon. Gómez-Correa was a Chilean poet and diplomat. Together with Teófilo Cid, he cofounded the Chilean surrealist group Mandrágora in July 1938 at the University of Chile. From 1949 to 1951, he resided in Paris with the main members of the French surrealist movement, establishing connections with Breton and Magritte.