112 - 771 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Horizontal middle fold. Perhaps lacks a second leaf w. signature?
= For the letterhead: Hoek 559a2. Very interesting and highly important letter, i.a. about the painting ("een kompositie in drieën, d.w.z. drie stukken die samen éen geheel zijn") he is working on, and extensively on his new found definition of the plane. "(...) Toen ik vandaag de schoenen aantrok, schrok ik dat er al weer zoo'n tijd - bijna een maand - verstreken was toen ik ze van je ontving.(...) Je weet misschien dat mijn laatste werk geheel vlak is, zonder hol of bol. Ik heb nu een goeie definitie voor het vlak gevonden: het midden van het "holle" en het "bolle". (...) Nu laat zich ook begrijpen waarom het vlak het meest zuivere, het meest spiritueele in de schilderkunst zijn moet (...). De fransche kubisten hadden het altijd over "het bereiken van een maximum van plastiek" of "maximum van intensiteit". Ze werken met bogen, cirkel, kegels, cylinder enz. Ze begrijpen niet, dat het vlak resumé is van alle bolle en holle vormen. Zie: het vlak is het evenwicht tusschen hol en bol." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.
= Handboekjes Elck 't Beste. Hoek p.766.
Schwitters, K., Steinitz, K. and Doesburg, T. van. Die Scheuche. Märchen. Introd. E. Slagter. Alkm., Fizz-Subvers Press, 1980, (16)p., printed in 1000 copies, orig. wr., obl. 8vo.
= Facs. reprint of the ed. Hannover, 1925. Dada Bibliotheek Boek 5.
AND 3 others, i.a. VADER EN ZOON. Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis. César Domela Nieuwenhuis (Gersloot, n.d., (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).
- Sl. yellowed; last (blank) page stained in upper margin. Backwr. sm. tear in upper margin; top of spine repaired w. tape.
= Hoek p.766.
Idem. Klassiek-bariok-modern. Antw./ Amst., De Sikkel/ Em. Querido, 1920, 31,(1)p., 17 plates, orig. wr. by T. VAN DOESBURG.
- Some foxing. Backstrip dam. (partly strengthened w. tape); wr. soiled, browned and worn.
= Hoek 647 and p.767.
ADDED: facs. reprint of the periodical MÉCANO, ed. by Theo van Doesburg (Amst., 1980, 4 parts and introd. booklet, in orig. dec. cl. portfolio). - AND 2 special issues of periodicals to commemorate Theo van Doesburg: DE 8 EN OPBOUW (year 6, no.17, 17 Aug., 1935, ills., orig. photomontage wr. by PAUL SCHUITEMA, large 4to. Sl. soiled/ worn) and PRISMA DER KUNSTEN (May 1936, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
- A few tiny unobtrusive creases. = Hoek 659b3; Purvis/ De Jong p.79.
- Trifle browned. = Hoek 659b3; Purvis/ De Jong p.79.
- Trifle soiled. Without content.
= Hoek 559c2 (dating 1917). "(...) Evert Rinsema moet tegen Van Doesburg gezegd hebben: "Kom eens naar Drachten". Daar leerde hij de architect C.R. de Boer kennen, met wie hij nauw ging samenwerken. Zij werkten aan zestien middenstandswoningen en aan de daartegenover gelegen Landbouwwinterschool (...)" (K. Schippers, Dada in Drachten. 1971).
AND a second copy of the envelope, addressed to the same (folded, creased; verso w. tears repaired w. sellotape).
- Lacks flap; yellowed; trifle frayed in upper blank margin. Without content.
= Hoek 659g2, dating 1924/1925. Recto with MANUSCRIPT SHORT NOTE (±1928) by Van Doesburg in pen and ink: "Daar dit num: 78 is uitverkocht, verzoek ik U vriendelijk het mij weer terug te zenden. D."
- No.5 lacks 1 plate ("Bijlage IX"). Partly (sl.) foxed/ yellowed (incl. wr.). First issue spine partly split; last 4 issues wr. loose and brittle/ frayed; no.10 w. large tear in frontwr.
= Hoek 559d and p.750f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222 and VI, 817; Andel p.205. One of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century.
- No.4 lacks 1 plate ("Bijlage VII"). Some (sl.) foxing. Wrappers partly sl. yellowed; spine of 3 parts splitting and wr. of 2 parts sl. frayed; 2 parts w. owner's entry of frontwr.
= No.1 w. bound in "Bericht" concering the change of publisher; no.12 w. loosely inserted index to year 2. Hoek 559d and p.751f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222 and VI, 817. One of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century.
- Lacks 3 plates ("Bijlage VII", "Bijlage X" and "Bijlage XIV"). Sl. yellowed and some occas. foxing. Wrappers partly sl. discol./ yellowed along margins, 1x backwr. w. chip; spines occas. splitting (one part wr. loose) and one other part spine strengthened w. Japanese paper; 6 parts w. owner's entry on frontwr.; 2 parts wr. sl. stained (1x w. sm. hole).
= Near complete run of the third year of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th cent. No.6 w. tipped-in slip w. change of address of the editor. Hoek 559d and p.752f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222 and VI, 817.
- Sl. foxed; no.4 bookblock loose; wr. sl. frayed, chipped and w. sellotape on verso along spine; lower corner frontwr. waterst.
- Waterstained; 1 plate sm. dam. in lower blank margin. Lacks wr.
= Contributions by/ on i.a. Piet Mondriaan, G. Vantongerloo and Theo van Doesburg.
- Sl. yellowed (wr. partly somewhat worse) and some occas. foxing (incl. wr.); no.10 w. vague waterstain in lower blank margin. All parts as usual w. vertical middle fold; wrappers of no.10 and 11 loose and split on middle fold (partly w. loss of portions at ends and partly (formerly) repaired w. sellotape); no. 11 w. pencil annots. on frontwr.; no.12 spine partly split.
= The first year with the typography by Van Doesburg. No.11 is the special issue "Anthologie-Bonset"). Hoek 659a and p.753ff; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222; IV, 395 and VI, 817.
- Yellowed and as usual w. vertical middle fold (2 lvs. sl. splitting at foot). Wrappers sl. foxed/ soiled.
= Frontwrapper with MANUSCRIPT PENCIL ANNOTATION by Theo van Doesburg: "Waarom hebben we godsdienst? Om evenwicht te houden met het kwade in den mensch. Waarom dit kwAde niet eerlijk onder oogen gezien". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
ADDED: Idem. De Stijl (...). Year 5, no.9. Ibid., idem., 1922, p.129-144 [numb. in columns], 1 tipped in plate, ill., orig. wr.
- Lacks plates.
- All parts w. vertical middle fold (as usual); partly yellowed (especially wrappers). No.2 wr. loose w. frontwr. splitting at ends of fold (and chipped at top) and backwr. split in 2 parts; no.5 and 6 wr. loose; no.9 spine splitting.
= No. 8 is a special issue on the Konstruktivistische Internationale schöpferische Arbeitsgemeinschaft. Hoek 659a and p.755f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222 and VI, 817. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.
- Vertical fold throughout as usual (incl. wrappers); frontwr. loose(ning) and w. vague pencil sketch.
- (Sl.) yellowed and occas. foxed/ sl. soiled (incl. wr.); portion cut out of 2 lvs. in no.6/7 w. loss of text (supplied in photostat). All parts as usual w. vertical middle fold (occas. splitting at ends); no.1 and 2 wrappers loose.= Complete sixth year of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th cent. Hoek 659a and p.756f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222; IV, 395 and VI, 817.
- Lacks the memorial issue "10 jaren Stijl 1917-1927" (no.79-84); all parts without the orig. wrappers. Some sl. occas thumbing; partly w. vague vertical middle fold (as usual). Endpapers partly browned; binding sl. yellowed and sl. soiled; spine-ends splitting on hinges.
= Volume containing an almost complete set of the final 2 years of De Stijl, including the special issue "consacré à l'Aubette, Strasbourg" (no.87/88/89) and the final issue in memory of Theo van Doesburg. Hoek 659d and p.759ff; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222 and VI, 817.
- Vertical fold throughout as usual (incl. wrappers); wr. very vaguely waterst./ dampstained along edges.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
- (Sl.) yellowed and occas. foxed/ sl. soiled (incl. wr.). Both parts as usual w. vertical middle fold; backwr. no.75/76 w. waterstain in upper margin.
= Hoek 659a and p.760f; Schwarz 149; Bolliger III, 222; IV, 395 and VI, 817.