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Catalogue 130-N: Modern Art: Rarities of the Avant-Garde
152
(JANCO) Costin, Jacques G.
Exercitii Pentru Mina Dreapta si Don Quichotte. Cu un portret al autorului si 5 desene de Marcel Iancu, 1 desen de Milita Patrascu. 175, (5)pp. 6 full-page line-drawings in text (5 by Janco). Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. (lightly soiled). Though one of the 1000 unnumbered copies constituting the regular edition, this copy also contains the loosely inserted original linoleum cut by Marcel Janco, signed in pen, which accompanied the Luxusausgabe of 140 copies.
[Bucharest] (Editura Nationala S. Ciornei), 1931. $3,750.00
Ilk K446, illus. p. 93
153
(JANCO) Aderca, F.
Marturia unei Generatii. Masti de Marcel Iancu. 372, vii, (3)pp. 33 line-drawn illus. by Janco; 2 additional illus. Dec. wraps. Uncut. First edition, printed in 3300 copies, of which this is from the (unspecified) deluxe tirage, signed in pen by Aderca in the justification. Profiles of 28 figures including Barbu, Goga, Han, Petrescu, Ventura, Vinea and others, with lively, Cubist-derived portrait drawings by Janco. Rare. Backstrip chipped and stained.
Bucuresti (S. Ciornei), 1929. $600.00
Ilk K440, illus. p. 87
154
(JANCO) Cristian, V.
Efluvii. Poeme. Cu un portret de Marcel Iancu. 65, (3)pp. Frontispiece portrait (original linocut) by Marcel Janco. Dec. wraps. (light wear). Edition of 304 numbered copies only, on Vélin-mat paper (Ilk has recently found that there was no unnumbered edition of 500, as earlier recorded by him). The powerful Janco linocut is repeated on the front cover of the book, in yellow (under red typography). Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page by the author.
Bucuresti (Editura Slova), [1931]. $2,500.00
Ilk 447, illus. p. 95
155
(JANCO) Pana, Sasa
Cuvintul Talisman. Poeme. Cu un desen de Marcel Iancu. 73, (7)pp. 1 full-page illus. by Janco. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. One of 200 numbered copies on vélin, from the limited edition of 205.
Bucuresti (Editura UNU), 1933. $1,800.00
Ilk K 488, illus. p. 97
156
(JANCO) Pillat, Ion & Perpessicius (Editors).
Antologia Poetilor de Azi. 2 vols. vii, (1), 260, 342pp. 70 line-drawn illus. by Marcel Janco. Wraps. Edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. Light wear.
Bucuresti (Editura "Cartea Romaneasca"), 1925-1928. $2,000.00
Ilk K500, illus. p. 87
157
KAMENSKII, VASILII, et al.
Moi Zhurnal--Vasiliia Kamenskogo [My Journal--Vasilii Kamenskii]. No. 1 (all published). 16pp. 2 halftone illus. Folio. Self-wraps., printed in orange and black. Edition of 3000 copies. Lithographic cover design by Elena Bedumovaia and Pavel Kuznetsov. The only issue published of this semimonthly journal, containing an interview with poets and artists (including Maiakovskii and Kuznetsov), and poems and theoretical articles by Kamenskii, among them a prose poem addressed to the professors and students of VkhUTEMAS. Kamenskii, the author of "Tango with Cows," was a member of the Hylaean group of Futurists, together with Burliuk and Maiakovskii; in 1919, he co-edited a "Futurists’ Newspaper" with Burliuk, also issued in only one number. Backstrip discreetly reinforced, some tattering at extremities, and a little other light wear.
Moskva, 1922. $900.00
MOMA 370 (illus. p. 135); Getty 572
158
KANDINSKY, WASSILY
Xylographies. Preface by Gérôme-Maësse (probably a pseudonym for Alexis Mérodack-Jeaneau). (4)pp. (preface and index), 5 heliogravure plates printed in black, reproducing 5 woodcuts by Kandinsky against massive solid black backgrounds. 1 smaller woodcut reproduced above index. Lrg. sq. 4to. (32 x 32 cm.). Paper portfolio, bearing 2 additional woodcuts in reproduction (vignettes, one on each cover). Edition of 1000 copies. Kandinsky’s second portfolio of woodcuts, financed by the artist himself, and published by the symbolist review "Tendances Nouvelles," in whose pages four of these woodcuts had earlier appeared, and whose editor, Mérodack-Jeaneau, is the probable author of the preface. Between 1906 and 1908, "Tendances Nouvelles" published some 33 of Kandinsky’s woodcuts, as well as articles on the artist. Those in "Xylographies" derive from Russian folk traditions and fairy tales, and though childlike in their appeal are surpassingly sophisticated as works of art. Peg Weiss has drawn attention to the pervasive musical elements of the portfolio, the woodcut medium itself embodying a Klang for Kandinsky, a synthesis of poetic, musical and artistic elements, and the archaizing title "Xylographies" chosen for its suggestion of the xylophone. A little marginal foxing and browning; hairline split at backstrip of portfolio.
Paris (Editions des Tendances Nouvelles), n.d. [1909]. $2,250.00
Spalek 2723; Rifkind 158; Manet to Hockney 25; Weiss, Peg: Kandinsky in Munich p. 126f.; cf. Roethel Book 5 54, 55, 59, 60, 65, 66, 70, 71
159
KANDINSKY, WASSILY
Über das Geistige in der Kunst. Insbesondere in der Malerei. Mit acht Tafeln und zehn Originalholzschnitten. Zweite [Dritte] Auflage. (10), 125, (5)pp., 8 plates. 3 diagrams hors texte. 10 original woodcuts by Kandinsky in text. 4to. Publisher’s boards, printed in green with a design by the artist. "One of the most important manifestos of modern art" (The Artist and the Book). Though still designated "Zweite Auflage" on the title-page, this is actually the third edition, as stated on the front cover, as is often the case. Head and foot of spine discreetly mended at an early date; an attractive copy.
München (R. Piper & Co.), 1912. $1,600.00
Rifkind 161; Perkins 12; Spalek 2719; The Artist and the Book 137; Andel: Avant-Garde Page Design 1900-1950 no. 43
160
(KANDINSKY) Berlin. Der Sturm
Kandinsky 1901-1913. (8), 67, xxxxi pp. 64 plates. Oblong 4to. Orig. dec. wraps., embossed in gold, designed by Kandinsky. Containing Kandinsky’s somewhat lengthy "Rückblicke" and "Notizen," and a prefatory ode by Albert Verwey. Wrappers somewhat faded and worn, small losses at spine.
Berlin (Verlag Der Sturm), 1913. $550.00
Roethel p. 417 no. 16; p. 486, illus. 47; Spalek 2776
161
KANDINSKY, WASSILY
Conversation de salon. Un poème de Kandinsky traduit par Seuphor. (8)pp. (single sheet, folding). 16mo. Self-wraps. Edition limited to 50 copies (contra Montpellier, which states only 10), printed on an uncut sheet of Ingres paper. One of the minuscule publications of P.A. Bénoit. Vertical crease.
[Alès] (P.A. Bénoit), 1948. $200.00
Montpellier 64
162
(KAPROW) New York. The Reuben Gallery
"18 Happenings in 6 Parts. By Allan Kaprow." October 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. [1959.] Admission by advance reservation. Poster, printed in orange on white stock, with a design of 18 quickly sketched ovoid shapes, of which 16 contain the title statement repeated verbatim. 17 x 16 inches. Folded twice for mailing (as issued). The poster for one of the very earliest Happenings, following on a performance piece at Douglass College at Rutgers University, and a sound event, "Intermission Piece" at the Reuben Gallery, both in 1958. "18 Happenings in Six Parts" "was the first of what generically became known--to everyone save their creators--as Happenings" (Barbara Haskell, in "Blam!"). The participants included Kaprow, Robert Whitman, Sam Francis, Alfred Leslie and George Segal. On the verso of the poster is a long text, printed in orange in a spherical paragraph at upper left: "There are three rooms for this work, each different in size and feeling. The rooms are nearly transparent. No matter where a person is, he is aware of something happening in another room.... The guests will change seats according to numbered cards. Each guest will sit once in a different room. Some guests will also act…. In addition there will be non-human actors. There will be a dancing toy and two constructions on wheels. The same action will never happen twice. The actions will mean nothing clearly formulable so far as the artist is concerned. It is intended, however, that the whole work is to be intimate, austere, and of somewhat brief duration...." Stapled to top right of verso: postcard from the Reuben Gallery announcing the Calendar for forthcoming exhibitions: George Brecht (October 16-November 5), Lucas Samaras (November 6-26).
[New York, 1959]. $2,000.00
Kirby, Michael: Happenings (New York, 1965), pp. 53-83 ("18 Happenings in 6 Parts: The Script, The Production"); Sohm p.6, illus. 29; Paris/New York (‘1959’); Blam! p. 32f.
