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Catalogue 130-N: Modern Art: Rarities of the Avant-Garde
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(HECKEL) Berlin. J.B. Neumann
Erich Heckel: Drucke 1905-1922. (4)pp., on two folded leaves, with 4 original woodcuts (Dube 331-334), of which 3 signed and dated ("23") by Heckel in pencil (the title cut is unsigned). The woodcuts are as follows: title (Dube 331), "Badende" (‘Bathers,’ Dube 334), "Begegnung" (‘Encounter,’ Dube 333), and "Im Atelier" (‘In the Studio,’ Dube 332). The sequence of the prints is identical to that in the Rifkind copy. 4to. 270 x 185 mm. (ca. 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches). Copy no. 1 of the limited edition of 30 proof copies on Bütten, without text, apart from the normal edition. This is the Heinrich Stinnes copy, bearing his red collector’s stamp (Lugt 1376a) and characteristic inscription in ink at the base of each leaf. Of Stinnes and his collection, renowned for the earliest impressions of modernist prints, Lugt notes "Sa collection était, déjà avant la première guerre mondiale, une des meilleurs et plus riches de l’Allemagne. Il rechercha surtout des premières épreuves… Très intéressé dans l’art moderne, Stinnes exerça une influence stimulante sur beaucoup de peintres-graveurs allemands; il en connut plusieurs personnellement. Le collectionneur annotait ses meilleures pièces ou y mettait sa signature." Rich, extremely fine impressions.
Berlin (J.B. Neumann), 1923. $7,500.00
Rifkind/Davis 1054
143
HERZFELDE, WIELAND
Tragigrotesken der Nacht. Träume. Einbandentwurf und Zeichnungen von George Gross [sic]. 88, (2)pp. 20 line-drawn illus. by Grosz in text. Title-page signed and double-page endpapers (repeated front and back) also by Grosz. Sm. 4to. Dec. wraps., printed in red and green with a drawing by Grosz. The text, eighteen prose poems written by Herzfelde between the summer of 1913 and the fall of 1919, reflect the horrors of the First World War, as evoked in expressionistic dreams. The book is dedicated to John Heartfield’s son Tom, then two years old, "in the hope that he will prove to be an upstanding Communist." A rather worn copy, with losses at rusted staples near the end of the text; covers a bit soiled.
Berlin (Der Malik-Verlag), 1920. $500.00
Lang 12; Bülow 15; Hermann 192; Berlin 22; Raabe/Hannich-Bode 120.3; Düsseldorf 401
144
HINKEFUSS, CARL ERNST
"Qualität." Internationale Propaganda-Zeitschrift für Qualitäts-Erzeugnisse. Herausgabe, Schriftleitung und Ausstattung: Carl Ernst Hinkefuss. 4. Jahrgang, Heft 3/4, März/April 1925. 39, (1)pp. Prof. illus. (8 color, including folding double-sided mounted panel). Folio. Orig. dec. wraps., designed by Hinkefuss. The designer and publisher Carl Ernst Hinkefuss, whose printing house, Dunnhaupt was responsible for the press work of a number of Bauhaus publications, is probably best known for his graphically remarkable children’s book, "Mein Vogel-Paradies" (also from Internatio, 1929). This issue of his review "Qualität" contains articles by Ludwig Hilbersheimer ("Brückenbauten"), Moholy-Nagy ("Die neue Typographie") and others; and a host of contributions by Hinkefuss himself, including advertising and graphic design campaigns for Werkstift A.-G. (with a brilliant logo of a mechanistic hand and pencil) and Otto Elsner K.-G. (with a dazzling folding specimen in violet and black on yellow), as well as illustrations of a suite of yellow furniture and yellow light fixtures of Hinkefuss’s design, reproduced in similarly sensational color. Faint central foldline; noticeable rust stains and losses at staples within.
Berlin (Internatio), 1925. $950.00
145
HÖCH, HANNAH
Miniaturen. 16 Linolschnitte. 16 original linoleum cuts printed in black, including title sheet, each signed and numbered 24/30 in pencil by the artist. Image size: 120 x 95 mm. to 150 x 170 mm.; plate size: 310 x 235 mm. Lrg. 4to. Portfolio (plain boards, 1/4 cloth). Edition limited to 30 copies in all, printed on uncut Japan paper, the prints signed and numbered as noted, and the portfolio numbered in pen in the colophon (under back cover). Though originally cut by Höch between 1915 and 1918, the fifteen cuts which are the basis of this portfolio were not printed (apart from a few trial proofs) until 1964, when they were issued together with a newly made title sheet (with its own print). The titles and dates of the individual plates are stated in the colophon.
Berlin (Galerie Nierendorf), 1964. $6,000.00
146
HUELSENBECK, RICHARD
Doctor Billig am Ende. Ein Roman. Mit acht Zeichnungen von George Grosz. 129, (3)pp. 8 illus. 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth, with gilt blue paper label on front cover. First edition. Inner front hinge shaken.
München (Kurt Wolff Verlag), 1921. $600.00
Lang 17; Bülow 29; Raabe/Hannich-Bode 132.10; Wilpert-Gühring 12; Düsseldorf 430; Motherwell/Karpel 301; Tendenzen 3/238
147
HUGNET, GEORGES
1961. Illustré de quatre photomontages. 60, (10)pp. 4 full-page photomontages in text. Sm. 4to. Sewn signatures, loose within wrapper, as issued. Errata sheet loosely inserted. One of 500 numbered copies on vélin, from the limited edition of 573. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by Hugnet to Marie-Laure de Noailles ("en souvenir de jeux anciens et de rires qui ne devraient rien à personne, de tout coeur toujours") with an original photocollage in color by Hugnet beneath the inscription. Together with her husband the vicomte de Noailles, Marie-Laure (as she preferred to style her whole name) was one of the most significant patrons and salonistes of the Surrealist milieu. The inscription is dated 11 July 1961, "jour anniversaire de ma naissance." With the illustrated ex-libris of Marie-Laure on the front flyleaf.
Paris (Chez l’Auteur), 1961. $2,800.00
Pérégrinations de Georges Hugnet no. 130; cf. Biro/Passeron p. 266
148
HUGNET, GEORGES
Petite anthologie poétique du Surréalisme. 166, (4)pp., 8 plates with numerous illus. One of 2000 copies on alfa bouffant, from the edition of 2028 in all. With illustrations of paintings and objects (some of them little-known) by Man Ray, Giacometti, Miró, Dalí, Ernst, Brauner, Arp, and others, and a lengthy introduction by Hugnet. Wraps. a bit faded and chipped at backstrip.
Paris (Editions Jeanne Bucher), 1934. $300.00
Gershman p. 25; Biro/Passeron 1406; Rubin 92; Reynolds p. 54
149
INQUISITIONS
Organe du Groupe d’Études pour la Phénomenologie Humaine. Direction: Aragon, R. Caillois, J.-M. Monnerot, T. Tzara. No. 1, juin 1936 (all published). 78, (8)pp. Sm. 4to. Orig. self-wraps., printed in blue and black. Glassine d.j. Texts by Bachelard (on Surrationalism), Caillois, Tzara, Crevel, Chastel, Etiemble and others. A fine copy, unopened.
Paris, 1936. $300.00
Admussen 108; Reynolds p. 112
150
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE (2ND : 1929 : FRANKFURT)
Die Wohnung für das Existenzminimum. Auf Grund der Ergebnisse des II. Internationalen Kongresses für Neues Bauen, sowie der vom Städtischen Hochbauamt in Frankfurt am Main veranstalteten Wander-Ausstellung. Einhundert Grundrisse mit erklärenden Referaten von Victor Bourgeois (Brüssel), Le Corbusier und Pierre Jeanneret (Paris), Siegfried Giedion (Zürich), Walter Gropius (Berlin), Ernst May (Frankfurt-M) und Hans Schmidt (Basel). ((Les Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne. II)) 42, (4), 15, (1)pp., 207 plates of plans with facing commentary in parallel German, French and English. 4to. Dec. wraps. (slightly rubbed and worn). English-language summaries. First edition. The second congress of CIAM, held in Frankfurt under the direction of Ernst May, and focusing on low-cost housing. From the library of Herwin Schaefer, with his blindstamp.
Frankfurt a.M. (Englert & Schlosser), 1930. $350.00
151
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE (3RD : 1930 : BRUSSELS)
Rationelle Bebauungsweisen. Ergebnisse des 3. Internationalen Kongresses für Neues Bauen (Brüssel, November 1930).... Beiträgen von Böhm-Kaufmann (Frankfurt am Main), S. Giedion (Zürich), W. Gropius (Berlin), Le Corbusier (Paris), R.J. Neutra (Los Angeles) und Karl Teige (Prag). (Redaktion: V. Bourgeois [Brüssel], C. van Eesteren [Amsterdam], R. Steiger [Zürich]). (Les Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne. III.) 209, (3)pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Dec. wraps. Texts in German, French and English (portions in parallel translation). Plans, elevations and photographs of 56 architectural projects. The third congress of CIAM, held in Brussels under the direction of Siegfried Giedion, focusing on the efficiency of low-, medium-, and high-rise housing, and the rational organization of land for housing. Cover design by Max Bill.
Stuttgart (Julius Hoffmann), 1931. $375.00