Double-sided poster/catalog from the first major exhibition of abstract art in Italy, held in Rome at the Galleria Roma from March through April 1948, containing a sort of manifesto about abstract art, a statement on the exhibition from Ettore Sottsass Jr., additional texts from Piet Mondrian, George Morris, G. Formaggio..... More
Prague: Český fond výtvarných umění, 1964. Octavo (20.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [12] pp. Very good; final leaf lightly creased. Exhibition catalog of Bohdan Lacina with seven reproductions, a prose poem by the surrealist writer Ludvík Kundera and a preface by Jan Tomeš. The artist was an early..... More
Milan: Galleria Pontaccio Brera, [1966]. Oblong card on glossy stock, measuring 21.2 × 10.4 cm, with rounded corners. Fine. Invitation for an exhibition involving works by Bariona, Budík, Borga, Cali, Cherchi, Chiales, D'Amore, Danlee, Eusebi, Faucon, Giltaix, Keunen, Martinetti, Meltzeid, Molinari, Nervo, Rastelli, Sanders, Scanavino, Turati. Among them is the..... More
1971–1976. Brussels: Jacqueline Hondermarcq, 1971–1976. Octavos (20.8 × 13.8 cm). Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; 48 pp. each (the double issue 132 pp.). Very good copies; the first issue contains the original wrap-around band. Substantial run of the uncommon Brussels-based journal of surrealist poetry, art, and theory, edited by Budík, Helena..... More
Moscow: Moskovskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 13, [1] pp. Trace of rust to staple; title with owner signature; faint trace of moisture to lower edges; still about very good. One of the last exhibitions of “Bytie” (Being), a society of “fellow traveler” artists..... More
Petrograd: Tip. Fleitmana, 1915. Octavo (16.2 × 12 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28 pp. Wrappers lightly soiled; tiny Soviet bookstore mark to rear wrapper; still a very good copy. Scarce exhibition catalog of the Russian Imperial Society of Watercolor Painters, held in wartime Petrograd. The exhibition included a wide range..... More
[Brno]: [1966]. Two leaves, mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos, [4] pp. Stapled to left margin, horizontally folded. Very good. Evidently this typewritten catalog accompanied the first iteration of an exhibition of contemporary surrealist collages organized by members of the short-lived Brno-based "Lacoste" Group of Czech surrealists. This catalog, which..... More
Prague: Umělecká beseda, 1938. Octavo (20.8 × 14.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 140, [16] leaves of black-and-white illustrations. Very good. Illustrated catalog for an exhibition of Czech baroque art, organized by Umělecká beseda and the city of Prague in 1938. Laid in is a plan of the exhibition grounds at..... More
Petrograd: Izdanie khudozhestvenno-graficheskogo zavedeniia "Union", [1916]. Octavo (23 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 60 pp. Light moisture damage, affecting margins of first and last few leaves; some wear to spine extremities; still good or better. Catalog of the forty-fourth exhibition of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions, known as..... More
Prague: Obecní dům, 1926. 12mo (15.6 × 11.7 cm). Original decorative wrappers; [56] pp. of text and [26] leaves of black-and-white reproductions. Laid in price sheet. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges; else very good. Illustrated catalog for the 45th exhibition of works by František Naske, Jan Pašek, Ota Bubeníček..... More
Prague: Grégr, 1945. Octavo (20.8 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; [20] pp. Six full-page reproductions, and artists’ signatures reproduced on front wrapper. Very good. Catalog of a very early exhibit of Skupina 42 (Group 42) held in 1945 at Poš Gallery in Prague. With an introduction by Jiří..... More
1978. Arnhem: Gemeentemuseum, 1978. Single leaf of white stock, A4, offset printed to recto. Old crease; still about very good, in protective mylar sleeve. Early announcement of a joint performance (four pieces) by Marina Abramović and her long-time collaborator Frank Uwe Laysiepen (Ulay), who lived and worked together from 1976..... More
Moscow: Izd. "Dom pechati", [1922]. Octavo (17.5 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 47 pp. Illustrations throughout, including three plates in color. Owner inscription to front wrapper. Wrapper edges lightly chipped; light soil to wrappers; about very good. An early monograph dedicated to the work of the prominent Russian and Soviet..... More
[Belgrade-Zagreb]: Kultura, 1946. Oblong quarto (21.5 × 28.5 cm). Original pictorial card portfolio with three folding flaps; contains twenty leaves of plates reproducing drawings by the artist. Light wear and one partial tear to flaps; else very good. Twenty striking photozincographic reproductions of drawings reflecting the Yugoslav Partisan experience during..... More
Prague: Melantrich, 1946. Octavo (20.2 × 13.4 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 106; [6] pp. Gatherings uncut and unopened; wrappers somewhat dust-soiled; else good. Sixth edition of the partially autobiographical text. The novel, first published in 1936, was made into a film in 1939 under the title "Věra Lukášová" by Devětsil..... More
Riga: Izdanie Akts. Obshch. "Salamandra", 1926. Large octavo (29.5 × 22 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [4], 88 pp. 60 illustrations in the text; four tipped-in color plates on card stock. Wrappers lightly worn, with small nicks and creases; spine ends chipped, with some loss of spine strip; internally very good..... More
Riga: Izdanie Akts. Obshch. "Salamandra", 1927. Large octavo (29.5 × 22 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [3], 111, [1] pp. Publisher's ads for the emigre journal "Perezvony" inside rear wrapper. Numerous illustrations in the text; four tipped-in color plates on card stock. Wrappers very lightly creased from use; else very good..... More
Paris: Hratarakutʻiwn Tigran Khan K'elekeani, 1910. Large octavo (25.5 × 16.8 cm). Original printed wrappers; 128 pp. Illustrations. Rebacked with green card stock; front and rear wrappers affixed, with chipping to edges; lacking spine strip; internally very good. First edition of this monograph on two members of the Hovnatanian artist..... More
ca. 1910. Original woodcut print, plate size 12 × 12 cm, with the artist's initials in pencil. Leaf size 24.5 × 18.7 cm. Matted using adhesive tape; lightly creased; good or better. Original early woodcut print by the Russian painter, graphic artist and printmaker Elizaveta Kruglikova (1865-1941). Alongside Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva..... More
[1968]. [Brno]: self-published, [1968]. Octavo (21.8 × 14.2 cm). Letter-press printed black wrappers (in gold); eight leaves of original etchings, with calques; each signed, numbered, and labeled by the artists in pencil. With a typewritten introductory text in French and Czech. Signed and inscribed to a co-founder of the Lacoste..... More
Prague: Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum, 1985. Octavo (20.7 × 15 cm). Original yellow printed folder containing [6] + 38 leaves of Hoffmeister's humorous collages to rectos. Very good. Complete series of reproductions of humorous collages, or jokes in collage form, by Adolf Hoffmeister (1902-1973), an artist influenced by the Poetist style formulated..... More
Moscow: Teakinopechat’, 1928. Octavo (26 × 17.5 cm). Original photographic wrappers; 30, [2] pp. Illustrated wrappers by V. A. Filippov. Numerous photographic illustrations throughout the text. Wrappers lightly worn and creased; internally very good. First edition of this monograph on Viktorina Kriger (1893-1978), the famous Russian ballet dancer, who performed..... More
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Prague: Pokrok, 1929. Octavo (19 × 12.3 cm). Original wrappers with a photomontage by Vojtěch Tittelbach; 371 pp, [5] pp. Wrappers with crease marks and marginal defects; gatherings partly not bound, as issued; uncut and unopened; else good. Second edition with the photomontage by Vojtěch Tittelbach, who worked as an..... More
Moscow: Izdatel’stvo V. K. T. “Khudozhnik”, 1931. Octavo (17 × 13.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 16 pp., with 14 leaves of plates on coated paper stock. Light wear to wrapper and spine extremities; small loss to lower right corner; internally about very good. First and only edition of an exhibition..... More
Prague: Melantrich, 1941. Octavo (20.2 × 13.2 cm). Original brochure with original pictorial dust jacket by [Jaroslav] B[enda] (?); 92 pp., [4] pp. Gatherings uncut, unopened and partially unbound as issued; wrappers with tiny edge tear and somewhat dust-soiled; else good. First edition. The photomontage betrays the influence of surrealism..... More