112 - 771 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Sm. owner's stamps on title and fore-edge. Covers trifle rubbed/ soiled; slipcase stained and discol.
= Facsimile reprint of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century. Contributions by i.a. Th. van Doesburg (I.K. Bonset, A. Camini), J.J.P. Oud, P. Mondriaan, G. Vantongerloo, Anthony Kok, T. Brugman, H. Arp, and reproductions of works by i.a. P. Mondriaan, A. Archipenko, J.J.P. Oud, G. Rietveld, Man Ray, Th. van Doesburg, C. Domela.
Jaffé, H.L.C. De Stijl. 1917-1931. The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art. Amst., J.M. Meulenhoff, 1956, VIII,293,(2)p., 48 plates, orig. cl., large 8vo.
- A few occas. markings/ annots. Covers sl. soiled; vol. 2 weak on hinges.
= Facsimile reprint of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century. Contributions by i.a. Th. van Doesburg (I.K. Bonset, A. Camini), J.J.P. Oud, P. Mondriaan, G. Vantongerloo, Anthony Kok, T. Brugman, H. Arp, and reproductions of works by i.a. P. Mondriaan, A. Archipenko, J.J.P. Oud, G. Rietveld, Man Ray, Th. van Doesburg, C. Domela.
Jaffé, H.L.C. De Stijl. 1917-1931. The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art. Amst., J.M. Meulenhoff, 1956, VIII,293,(2)p., 48 plates, orig. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., large 8vo.
= Bi-annual magazine, focusing on the "New Art", an outgrowth of earlier movements such as Cubism, De Stijl, and Constructivism.
- Spine split (lvs. reattached w. tape); horizontal middle fold, splitting at ends; some sl. foxing/ soiling.
= Raabe 1.
ADDED 2 works w. a contribution by K. SCHWITTERS: a facs. reprint of DER STURM, Monatsschrift, Year 17 (1926), no.7, large 8vo (backwr. replaced; contains a contribution and 2 ills. by K. SCHWITTERS) and STURM-BÜHNE, Jahrbuch des Theater der Expressionisten, Achte Folge (1919), folio (badly browned, brittle w. tears and chips, partly torn/ broken on middle fold; contains "Die Merzbühne").
- The lot sold w.a.f.
- Yellowed; sm. waterstain in lower blank margin. Wrappers browned and brittle w. chips and damages in blank margins; backstrip dam. ("repaired" w. tape at the top).
= Raabe 1. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.
- Wr. trifle spotted. Otherwise fine.
Walden, H. (= G. Levin). Einblick in Kunst. Expressionismus, Futurismus, Kubismus. Ibid., Der Sturm, 1924, 175,(1)p., num. (col.) plates, orig. hcl., 4to.
- Sl. foxed; contents loosening.
- Spine of dustwr. sl. yellowed and sl. frayed at the top.
AND 3 others similar: E.M. GATTSCHALL, Typographic Communications Today (New York etc., 1989, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio); G. KEPES, Language of Vision (Chicago, 1951, ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr., large 4to); B. MUNARI, Design e comunicaziona visiva. Contributo a una metodologia didattica (Bari, 1970, 3rd rev. ed., ills., orig. boards w. (sl. dam.) dustwr.).
= Vloemans 281/ 193/ 266/ 229; Primus, Tschechische Avantgarde 1922-1940 p.132: "Auf dem zweidimensionalen typographischen Umschlag, den auch die Anwendung der Fotografie nicht zur dritten Dimension erweitern kann, versucht vor allem Ladislav Sutnar, Anfang der dreißiger Jahre, mit Hilfe geometrischer Linien und unter Anwendung von perspektivistischen Mitteln, eine 'Quasi-Dreidimensionalität' zu erzeugen".
AND 2 others by the same, w. wrapper design by the same.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.
- Lid of box and instruction leaf sl. foxed; lid split on corners (repaired) and vague traces on silverfish activity.
= Rare conceptual art object by the late antiquariatn bookseller André Swertz (1947-2021).
AND a second copy, without the orig. instruction leaflet (supplied in photostat) (similar defects as the above).
= Owner's annot. of Rudi Fuchs on title-p.
Idem. Tàpies. Zürich, Maeght, 1980, no pagination, 2 quires loose in board portfolio, orig. serigraph by A. TÀPIES on portfolio, ills., 4to (fine). - AND a 1983 exhibition catalogue on the same by Galerie Maeght, Zürich.
= Originally from the estate of Rudi Fuchs.
- Wrappers trifle creased and fingersoiled; year 1, no.8 foot of spine strengthened w. sellotape.
= Cf. Vloemans 102; Primus, Tschechische Avantgarde 1922-1940 p.30: "Eine kontinuierliche Entwicklung des Umschlages im letzten Viertel des zwanziger und am Anfang der dreißiger Jahre können wir am Beispiel der Zeitschrift "ReD" - Revue svazu moderní kultůry Devětsil" (Internationale Monatsschrift für moderne Gestaltung) verfolgen (...). Auf den Umschlägen werden sowohl reine Typographie, als auch Zeichnungen, architektonische Entwürfe, Fotografie, Fotomontage und Beispiele verschiedener Ismen verwendet (...). Im Hinblick auf Inhalt and Aufmachung war ReD die beste Avantgardezeitschrift in der Tschechoslowakei." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIV.
= With loosely inserted ms. letter (sl. creased) by the artist.
Amen, W. van. 240 days/ dagen/ jours/ tage. (Amst.), Meulenhoff/ Landshoff, (1985), no pagination, 240 full-p. col. ills., orig. boards w. (sl. yellowed) dustwr., large 8vo.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION.
AND 15 other miscell. art(ists') books/ catalogues (incl. small publications), i.a. by/ on Catharine George, Katrin Korfmann, Tomas Schmit, Francesco Simeti, Philippe Van Snick, Lewis Trondheim and W.o.r.k.s.c.o.r.e.p.o.r.t
- Slipcase sl. dustsoiled and upper joint splitting.
AND 1 other: IDEM, Sketchbook (New York, 1952, text vol. and plate vol. w. facs. plates by JACOMET after H. DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, 1200 copies, orig. wr./ orig. cl., obl. 8vo, in orig. slipcase).
- Title-leaf w. annot. "Ansichtsexemplar" in black felt writer.
= Contains contributions by i.a. Heinz von Foerster, Dirk Baecker and Beate Eickhoff.
AND 2 other sm. publications by the same: a signed MailArt letter ("Nicht nur Dokumentation") and "Toter Punkt in der Schachtel" (Trash / Treasure Artfefakt; a small black paper slice and a matchstick, together in a matchbox w. accomp. printed card "Ade, toter Punkt/ Farewell to the full stop"). - ADDED: J. VAN HEESWIJK, Room with a view (Rott., (1993), 1 text-leaf and 5 unopened envelopes w. "documents on Room with a view collaborations", together in orig. board box).
= LOT OF 6 COPIES, all one of 100 numb. and signed copies (but lacking the orig. photograph called for).