1 - 246 from DADA to COBRA - WORKS FROM THE LIBRARY of ALDO and HANNIE VAN EYCK
= Catalogue of an exhibition organized under supervision of Tajiri, with contributions by various (international) artists. With SIGNED DEDICATION "For Hanni [sic] and Aldo, Best, Shinkichi".
Tajiri. Arnhem, Galerie 20, 1964, (20)p., ills., printed in 1000 copies, orig. wr.
= The 9th volume of a series monographs on contemporary artists publ. by Galerie 20.
AND 3 small exhibition catalogues on the same: 1959 (Hilversum, Steendrukkerij De Jong & Co. Backwr. soiled), 1963 (London, Hamilton Galleries) and 1967 (Amst., Sted. Mus. cat.415).
- Wrappers foxed.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "It's been giggles but we look forward to getting back to Baarlo and our real work - Best wishes to you and Hanni [sic] - Love Shinkichi / Ferdi".
Tajiri sculptures. Amst., Sted. Mus. cat.232, 1960, (8),16p., ills., orig. stiff paper wr., 4to.
= Catalogue of the exhibition which was designed by Aldo van Eyck.
AND 3 small exhibition catalogues on the same: 1963 (Tokyo, Tokyo Gallery. Foxed), 1967 (Amst., Sted. Mus. cat.415) and an undated cat. for an exhib. together with Hope Manchester (n.pl.).
- Some sl. foxing (first and last page more heavily and partly yellowed).
= Transition Pamphlet no.1, published as a supplement to Transition no.23. Contains short texts by Georges Braque, Eugene Jolas, Maria Jolas, Henri Matisse, Andre Salmon and Tristan Tzara, contesting the way they are portrayed in Gertude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.
ADDED: Giedion-Welcker, C. (ed.). In Memoriam James Joyce. Zürich, Fretz & Wasmuth Verlag, 1941, 1st ed., 55p., 2 plates, 2 facs. ills., orig. wr.
- Yellowed. Wrappers partly yellowed; frontwr. some sm. (water)stains; backstrip darkened and rubbed.
- The folded "wrapper" sl. darkened/ dustsoiled on one fold. A few inserts yellowed and occas. w. sm. marginal tear or fold.
= Rare complete issue of this special issue devoted to the activities of Jean Tinguely "that deals more than the rest with the most direct and active engagement of the public. Comparable work by Niki de Saint Phalle and other friends is also mentioned" (introd.).
- No.6 lacks p.81-106. All yellowed. Wrappers (sl.) dustsoiled and occas. worn; the first 3 issues wr. (sl.) frayed (no.18 badly frayed); a few spine-ends (sl.) dam.
= Important and influential magazine, of which 25 issues were published between 1927-1938, featuring almost every avant-garde writer of the period, i.a. various episodes of James Joyce's "Work In Progress", which later would become Finnegans Wake. No.18 and 23 w. the orig. (sl. frayed and dustsoiled) leaflet advertising the contents of the issue loosely inserted. Le Fonds Paul Destribats 267.
- Some foxing (incl. binding). Upper joint broken and (sl. dam.) backstrip partly loosening.
= Collection Dada. The title-part of the orig. wrap-around slip tipped-onto the first free endpaper. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by Hans Arp: "A mon cher ami Van Eyck, Paris 6/11/45, Jean Arp". Monod 10792; Bolliger II, 41 ("Typographie und Illustration ergeben eine seltene Einheit. Ein zu wenig beachtetes Buch, das verdient, zu den besten der illustrierten Werke unseres Jahrhunderts gezählt zu werden"); III, 74;
- Backstrip and margins of wrappers browned; spine-ends sl. dam.
= Monod 10800. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "à madame H. van Eyck, l'oeil toujours neuf au retour des choses, de tout [sm. drawing of a heart] Tristan TZARA, Paris le 23 Nov. 1949 [sm. drawing of a flower]".
- Backstrip sunned and dam.; frontwr. w. sm. tear near spine; backwr. vague waterstain in lower corner.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "A van Eyck [printed htitle: La main passé] Dada reste, et l'amitié de Tristan TZARA, Zurich le 24.II.46 [sm. drawing of a flower]".
- Spine and frontwr. along upper and fore-edge margin (sl.) sunned.
= Repères 11. Not in Monod. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "à van Eyck amicalement TZARA, Zurich le 24. fevr. 46 [sm. drawing of a flower]".
- Top of spine sl. dam. w. stain of former repair w. sellotape extending onto corners of wr. Otherwise fine.
= Monod 10818. One of 150 copies on Alfa (this copy no."117"). The enlarged (in part first edition) reprint of the 1918 edition published in the Zürich 'Dada' collection.
- Interior trifle yellowed. Backstrip w. sm. rubbed spot (form former ticket?). Otherwise fine.
= Monod 10807. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle: "à van Eyck avec le souvenir de Zurich. [sm. drawing of a pointing hand] Tristan TZARA 24[?] févr. 46 [sm. drawing of a flower]".
Idem. L'Antitête. Ibid., idem, 1933, 1st ed., 189,(1)p., printed in 1215 numb. copies (no."43" of 1200), orig. wr.
- Interior yellowed. Backstrip w. sm. rubbed spot (from former ticket?). Otherwise fine.
- Part of the col. lithographs loose. Backstrip cracking and sl. waterstained (extending onto margins of wr.).
= Contains literary contributions by i.a. A. Gide, A. Jarry and H. Michaux.
AND an incomplete copy of the same periodical, vol.I, no.3 (1938), w. 2 col. lithogr. plates by Marc CHAGALL and Paul KLEE, orig. col. lithogr. wr. by P. BONNARD, folio (plates loose; lacks the plates by Joan MIRÓ and Abraham RATTNER).
- Some sl. occas. foxing (mainly edges). Dustwr. sl. yellowed and backstrip darkened.
= Slagter 19; Van Dijk 878. Unique copy, with 13 pages coloured/ decorated with watercolour by CORNEILLE; with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION by the artist in the colophon: "voor Aldo en Hanny ge-experimentaliseerd door Corneille, Augustus 1952".
- Frontwr. some sm. stains. = With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION "voor Aldo en Hannie. 20 maart 1988. [sign.]".
Carel Visser. Ed. R.W.D. Oxenaar. Hilv., Steendrukkerij de Jong, 1968, (64)p., ills., typogr. by P. Brattinga, orig. plain wr., narrow sm. folio.
= Catalogue for the XXXIV Biennale Venice.
AND 6 other small exhib. catalogues on the same: 1975 (Eind., Van Abbemus.), 1978 (Amst., Sted. Mus.), 1978 (London etc., Whitechapel Art Gallery a.o. Wrappers foxed), 1979 (Gron., Groninger Mus. Wrappers foxed), 1985 (Heerlen etc., Sikkens) and 1986 (Amst., Prins Bernhard Fonds; David Roëll-prijs).
- Frontcover of portfolio stained.
= This copy numbered "3 H.S." and with SIGNED DEDICATION by the artist on the inside of the portfolio: "voor Aldo, van Carel, Greetje".
- Wrappers partly trifle yellowed and bumped/ sl. dam. at foot of spine.
= With the artist's visiting card w. autogr. "With compliments" mounted on inside frontwr. The second and final work published in the series Editions Duwaer. Rattemeyer/ Helms T 444: " (...) Geplant als Dokumentation einer Schaffensperiode, in der Vordemberge-Gildewart von der Außenwelt nahezu abgeschlossen war, konnte das Album doch erst mit der Aufhebung dieser künstlerischen Isolation erscheinen. V.-G. hat die ungehefteten Bildtafeln im Album auch als Material für Ausstellungen angesehen, Ersatzausstellungen (...). Er hatte sein Werk im Album inszeniert. (...)". With loosely inserted a small exhibition cat. Vordemberge-Gildewart, Werke aus den Jahren 1923-1954 (Ulm, 1955, ills. Foxed).












































