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on the fine arts
Catalogue 130-N: Modern Art: Rarities of the Avant-Garde
192
MAIAKOVSKII, V.
Lirika [Lyrics]. 91, (5)pp. Lrg. 8vo. Dec. wraps., printed in orange and black with a handsome constructivist typographic composition by Anton Lavinskii (light wear). Publisher’s device on flyleaf designed by Iu. Annekov. 5000 copies printed. First edition of this collection of poems, partly autobiographical in character, dedicated to Lilya Brik.
Moskva/Petersburg ("Krug"), 1923. $700.00
Getty 516
193
MAIAKOVSKII, V.
My i pradedy. Stikhi [We and Our Forefathers. Verse.] 34, (6)pp. Sm. 4to. Dec. wraps., with bold constructivist title composition on front cover in red and black. 3000 copies printed. First edition. The unsigned cover design, sometimes credited to Rodchenko, is the work of to Nikolai Il’in. A little light foxing, but a nice copy.
Moskva (Molodaia Gvardiia), 1927. $850.00
MOMA 695-696;Getty 525
194
MAIAKOVSKII, V.
Stikhi i revoliutsii: Oktiabr’, fevral’, golod, Evropa, iskusstvo, smeshnoe [Poetry of the Revolution: October, February, famine, Europe, art, laughs]. 98, (2)pp. Wraps., with typographic composition on front cover by Rodchenko, printed in orange. 3000 copies printed. Covers a little stained and worn.
Moskva (Izdatel’stvo "Krasnaia Nov" Glavpolitprosvet), 1923. $500.00
Getty 541
195
(MAN RAY) Pana, Sasa
Muntii noaptea nelinistea. Poeme. Man Ray: desen. 47, (1)pp. Line-drawn frontis. by Man Ray. Sm. 4to. Wraps. One of 180 numbered copies, from the limited edition of 199. Internal inscription, dated Bucharest 1940.
[Bucharest] (Editura UNU), 1939/1940. $2,500.00
Ilk K494, illus. p. 102
196
(MANET) Zola, Emile
Ed. Manet. Étude biographique et critique, accompagnée d’un portrait d’Ed. Manet par Bracquemond et d’une eau-forte d’Ed. Manet d’après Olympia. 48pp. 2 original etchings hors texte: one by Manet ("Olympia") and one by Bracquemond (portrait of Manet). Sm. 4to. Orig. printed wraps. (neatly removed from a binding). "This is the pamphlet that was published for Manet and Zola by Dentu on the occasion of Manet’s major one-man exhibition in May 1867. It consists of a re-edition of Zola’s January 1 article in the ‘Revue du XIXe Siècle,’ a frontispiece portrait of Manet etched by Bracquemond, and Manet’s little etching after his painting ‘Olympia’ opposite Zola’s famous analysis of the painting. Zola had suggested the idea of putting the brochure on sale at Manet’s exhibition, held in a pavilion built at the artist’s expense off the avenue de l’Alma.... Printed in an edition of 600 impressions for this pamphlet, this reproduction of the painting Zola considered the artist’s ‘chef-d’oeuvre’ is a proof of their friendship and their joint efforts for the success of Manet’s exhibition. The price and the number sold are unknown, but it is likely that the illustrated pamphlet was appreciated only by the ‘devotees and people of refined taste’ referred to in Babou’s review" (Juliet Wilson Bareau, in the Metropolitan Museum catalogue). Intermittent light foxing, not affecting the prints; a clean and crisp example.
Paris (E. Dentu), 1867. $4,500.00
Moreau-Nelaton 17; Guérin 39; Harris 53; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Manet, 1832-1883 (1983), cat no. 69 (illus. 69 and figs. a-b).
197
MANOMÈTRE. NO. 5
Février 1924. Mélange les langues, enregistre des idées, indique la pression sur tous les méridiens, est polyglotte et suprarational. [Directeur/ Gérant:] Émile Malespine. (20)pp. Original woodcuts by Jozef Peeters (full-page) and Émile Didier. Lrg. 8vo. Self-wraps. Texts by Malespine, Roberto A. Ortelli, Michel Seuphor, Bernjamin Péret, Tristan Tzara, Julio J. Casal. Nine issues in all were published of "Manomètre" at irregular intervals between July 1922 and January 1928. Though originating in the provincial center of Lyon, it was a sophisticated international review, on the Dada-Surrealist axis, but with a strong Constructivist component as well. The inclusion of Spanish material (by Ortelli and Casal in this issue) is characteristically offbeat and interesting. A fresh, crisp copy. Rare.
Lyon, 1924. $850.00
Dada Global 140; Almanacco Dada 85; Ades 9.71; Admussen 125; Chevrefils Desbiolles p. 295
198
MANOMÈTRE. NO. 6
Aôut 1924. Mélange les langues, enregistre des idées, indique la pression sur tous les méridiens, est polyglotte et suprarational. [Directeur/ Gérant:] Émile Malespine. (20)pp. Woodcut illustrations by Serge Charchoune and László Moholy-Nagy. Lrg. 8vo. Self-wraps. Texts by Malespine, Vicente Huidobro, Pierre Laurent, Tilly Brugman, J. Gonzalez del Valle, César Geoffray, Julio J. Casal, and Piet Mondrian ("Les arts et la beauté de notre ambiance tangible"). A fresh, crisp copy. Rare.
Lyon, 1924. $850.00
Dada Global 140; Almanacco Dada 85; Ades 9.71; Admussen 125; Chevrefils Desbiolles p. 295
199
MARIN, JOHN
Drawings and Watercolors. (10)pp., 32 plates with 38 illus. (8 color collotype). 4to. Portfolio (cloth, 1/4 morocco gilt). All contents loose, as issued. Edition I, limited to 125 copies, signed and numbered in pen by Marin in the colophon, with an original etching by Marin ("The Lobster Fisherman," Zigrosser 172), signed and numbered in pencil, loosely inserted. Text and plates printed by Arthur Jaffe, New York, and G. Duval, Paris, the monochrome plates on Johannot. Design by John Marin. Marin’s long and poetic introduction, discussing the nature of drawing and his conception of art, as well as the making of these particular sketches, is reproduced directly from his own beautiful manuscript text, as is every other element of the portfolio; no part of the publication is set from type. A little light foxing: a fine copy, the etching in perfect condition.
New York (The Twin Editions), 1950. $1,500.00
200
MARINETTI, F.T.
Gabriele D’Annunzio intime. (Le Mostre Celebrità. Serie B. No. 4.) 29, (3)pp. Sq. 8vo. Dec. wraps., designed by Sach. Unopened. One of Marinetti’s earliest publications, a series of articles dedicated to his Symbolist forebear (the great poet caricatured on the front cover, polishing his laurels). Backstrip neatly split, otherwise fresh.
Milano ("Verde e Azzurro"), [1903]. $250.00
Salaris p. 44; Falqui p. 43; Martin p. 31
201
MARINETTI, F.T. (introduction).
I poeti futuristi. Con un proclama di F.T. Marinetti e uno studio sul verso libero di Paolo Buzzi. 428, (8)pp. 8vo. Wraps, designated "37° migliaio." Front cover detached, but a bright copy. Featuring Libero Altomare, Giuseppe Carrieri, Enrico Cavacchioli, Auro D’Alba, Luciano Folgore, Corrado Govoni, F.T.Marinetti, Armando Mazza and Aldo Palazzeschi. The second collective anthology of the Futurist movement after "Enquête internationale sur les vers libre et manifeste du futurisme par F. T. Marinetti" (Milano 1909).
Milano (Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia"), 1912. $300.00
Salaris p. 74; Falqui p. 69