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Catalogue 130-N: Modern Art: Rarities of the Avant-Garde
292
STRZEMINSKI, WLADYSLAW
Autograph letter, signed, to Georges Vantongerloo, Koluszki, 18 February 1930. 2pp. (single sheet), on the letterhead stationery of the "a.r." group. Lrg. 8vo. Strzeminski writes (in French) to ask for photographs of Vantongerloo’s sculptures "Construction des rapports des volumes émanant du carré" (1924) and "Composition de volumes émanant de l’hyperbole" (1929), which he wishes to reproduce in his book ‘Composition d’espace’ ("Kompozycja przestrzeni," written in collaboration with Katarzyna Kobro). He requests two or three others, in addition, for the same purpose, and wonders if he may also have Rietveld’s address. Vantongerloo is not identified by name in the letter, which is headed simply "Monsieur!" Strzeminski’s letterhead design for the "a.r." stationery is characteristically brilliant. Fine condition.
Koluszki, 1930. $1,800.00
Corcorcan Gallery of Art: Georges Vantongerloo (Washington, 1980), nos. 27, 54
293
(DER STURM)
Folding order form for recent publications distributed by the Verlag Der Sturm. (4)pp. (single sheet of blue stock, folding), with promotional text. 8vo. The form promotes Paul Scheerbart’s "Glasarchitektur," Adolf Loos’ "Ins Leere gesprochen," and Herwarth Walden’s "Einblick in Kunst." This copy was mailed to Mikhail Larionov in Paris, whose name and address (43 rue de Seine) are typed on the exterior. A little faded.
Berlin [1923?]. $275.00
294
SUDEK, JOSEF
Praha panoramatická. 294, (10)pp. 284 photogravure panoramic plates. 4 illus. Lrg. oblong 4to. D.j. (battered). A poem by Jaroslav Seifert, "Praha s Petrína," is the only text. An almost invisible trace of waterdamage at top corner in the second half.
Praha (Státní Nakladatelství Krásné Literatury, Hudby, u Umení), 1959. $1,000.00
Freitag 12106
295
LE SURRÉALISME AU SERVICE DE LA RÉVOLUTION
Director: André Breton. Nos. 1-6 (all published). 4to. Cloth. Orig. wraps., printed in phosphorescent ink with heraldic escutcheon, bound in. Texts and illustrations by virtually everyone of interest. "I think," said Breton in 1952, "that of all the surrealist publications, ‘Le Surréalisme au Service de la Révolution,’ whose six numbers are drawn up between 1930 and 1933, is by far the richest, in the sense that we understand it, the best balanced, the best constructed, and also the most alive (with a dangerous and exalted life). It is there that Surrealism is shown at full flame, and were not afraid of being consumed in it." Slightly foxed; small scotch-tape stains on three pages (not affecting text).
Paris (José Corti/ Éditions des Cahiers), 1930-1933. $2,500.00
Gershman p. 53; Ades 11.32; Rubin 478; Reynolds p. 123; Jean, Autobiography 130; Nadeau p. 327f.; The Art Press p. 37ff; Admussen 219; Chevrefils Desbiolles p. 316; Pindell p. 104
296
LE SURRÉALISME, MÊME
Directeur: André Breton. Rédacteur en chef: Jean Schuster. Nos. 1-5, Oct. 1956 - Printemps 1959 (all published). 64-168pp. per issue. Prof. illus. (partly in color, and with loose inserts). Cover designs by Marcel Duchamp, Pierre Molinier, Gabriel Max, Hans Bellmer, and Hans Arp. Sm. sq. 4to. Dec. wraps. A complete set. Texts by Breton, Bédouin, Mansour, Benayoun, Cirlot, Legrand, Gracq, Péret, Carrington, Brunius, Lebel, Massot, Paz, Mesens, Bellmer, Revel, et al. "There are various reviews affiliated to Surrealism to which Breton contributed, but the high points of Surrealism after the war are undoubtedly ‘La brèche’ and ‘Le surréalisme même,’ both produced with that care and precision characteristic of Breton, and with an energy lacking in much of the painting" (Ades). The first issue, with its cover designed by Marcel Duchamp, is especially prized.
Paris (Jean-Jacques Pauvert), 1956-1959. $850.00
Gershman p. 53; Ades p. 433; Biro/Passeron p. 390f.; Rubin 479; Nadeau p. 329f.
297
(TANGUY) Breton, André.
Yves Tanguy. 94, (2)pp. 35 full-page plates (2 tipped-in color, 33 collotype). 26 illus. in text. Lrg. 4to. Printed boards, 1/4 cloth (spine chipped). One of 1150 copies, from the limited edition of 1200 in all. Book design by Marcel Duchamp. From the library of Catherine Viviano.
New York (Pierre Matisse Editions), 1946. $275.00
Schwarz 516; Naumann 6.21; Rubin 402; Freitag 12182
298
TAPIES, ANTONI
Art i espiritualitat. (44)pp. 2 double-page original etchings in color intaglio, each signed and numbered in pencil. Sm. folio. All contents loose, as issued. Dec. wrapper, with the artist’s monogram in black. Glassine d.j. Portfolio (silk over boards). One of 135 hand-numbered copies from the limited edition of 150 in all, printed by Grafos S.A. (text) and Joan Barbarà (etchings) on uncut Aquari del molí de Sardà. Published on the occasion of the artist’s sixty-fifth birthday, the text reprises the address given by Tàpies at the University of Barcelona the previous June, on receiving an honorary doctorate from the University.
Barcelona (Edicions T), 1988. $3,000.00
299
TAPIES, ANTONI & GIMFERRER, PERE
La Llum. (56)pp. 8 original etchings, including 1 color etching signed and numbered in pencil, 6 additional color etchings (2 double-page), and 1 further etching in black and white. Large folio. All contents loose, as issued. Portfolio (beige silk moiré over boards, printed in black with a design on the front cover by the artist). Fold-back box (rough grasscloth over boards), with a design in black by the artist on the front cover. One of 90 hand-numbered copies from the limited edition of 150 in all, signed in pencil by Tàpies and Gimferrer in the justification, printed on japon by Marc Catells (text) and Takeshi Motomiya and Joan Roma (etchings).
Barcelona (Edicions T), 1990. $5,000.00
300
(TCHELITCHEW) Wescott, Glenway
A Calendar of Saints for Unbelievers. The text by Glenway Wescott, the signs of the zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew. 239, (1)pp. Intermittent illus. by Tchelitchew, integrated with text. Cloth. One of 695 hand-numbered copies on cream Pannekoek paper, from the limited edition of 756 in all, designed by Monroe Wheeler and printed in Haarlem at Joh. Enschedé en Zonen under the supervision of Jan van Krimpen. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Catherine Viviano.
Paris (Harrison of Paris), 1932. $300.00
Wheeler p. 111
301
(TEIGE) Nezval, Víteslav
Abeceda. Tanecní komposice milci mayerové. [Alphabet. Choreographic compositions by Milca Mayerová.] 57, (3)pp. 25 full-page plates. Sm. folio. Dec. wraps., designed by Teige. Karel Teige’s remarkable design places photographs of a dancer posed in stylized alphabetic postures (choreographed by Mayerová) against bold Constructivist compositions of the same letter forms, creating typo-photomontages which are juxtaposed with Nezval’s poems on the opposite pages. "Pioneers of new typography regarded photography as intrinsic to their discipline. For example, Teige believed that the use of photography ‘changed the nature, structure, and quality of modern typography,’ and, like Moholy-Nagy, he argued for ‘the synthesis of the two "black arts,"’ coining the term phototypography" (Jaroslav Andel, in Houston).
Praha (J. Otto), 1926. $2,000.00
Houston p. 104f. (illus.).; IVAM: The Art of the Avant-Garde in Czechoslovakia 1918-1938 (Valencia, 1993), p. 41, illus. p. 36; Primus 47; Winterthur 157; Andel 107; Andel Avant-Garde Page Design 1900-1950 no. 338-340