Paris: Galerie Vignon, 1933. Duodecimo (15.5 x 12.5 cm). Original printed side-stapled wrappers; unpaginated [16 pp.] Very good condition. Small scarce catalogue from the 2nd annual exhibition of modern international architecture, held at Galerie Vignon in Paris from April 1 through April 13, 1933. Exhibitors came from Austria, Spain, Hungary..... More
New York: [Grand Central Galleries]/Spiral Press, 1930. Quarto (27.8 x 20.3 cm). Original printed side-stapled cardstock wrappers; unpaginated [30 pp.]. Some dust-staining to wrappers, wear along edges and spine, some hand-written annotations in pencil to interior, minor foxing, some rust-staining around staples, signature loose from staples but all pages present..... More
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
Atlantic City, New Jersey/Washington, DC: Protetch-Rivkin, 1971. Quarto (27.5 x 21 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; 20 pp., profusely illustrated throughout. Gentle toning, small area of staining along top edge of cover, overall very good. Exhibtion catalogue in the form of a newspaper, published in conjunction with the Spring Joint Computer..... 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
Tokyo: Proletarian Artists League, 1930. Square duodecimo (12.2 x 13 cm). Original side-stapled pictorial wrappers; [2], 28 pp. Staples rusted, overall very good condition. The proletarian arts movement in Eastern Asia rose in the wake of the global upheaval prominent from 1917 to 1921. Massive revolutions, strikes, and occupations throughout..... More
Prague: SČSVU, 1965. Octavo (21.5 × 16.5 cm). Original pictorial self-wrappers; [16] pp. Eight black-and-white reproductions. About very good. With a long introduction by literary and art critic Jindřich Chalupecký (1910–1990), a poem by Novák, artist biographies and lists of works exhibited. An important exhibition held at the Václav Špála..... More
[Czech Republic]: [2004]. Single leaf, printed recto and verso, thrice folded. Fine. Documentation of an exhibit of the Czech "parasurrealist group Stir Up" founded in 1995 by younger artists as well as members of the Skupina Lacoste. With a text by Budík on the "far borders of the relationship between..... More
Warsaw: Remont Gallery, [1976]. 8vo. (20.3 x 14.5 cm). Original side-stapled thick paper wrappers. 8 pp.; some extremely light soiling and browning, very light wear along spine, overall good condition. A slim exhibition catalog from the Remont Gallery, the contemporary art gallery in Warsaw established and run by photographer Henryk..... 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
Moscow: „Vsekokhudozhnik”, 1934. Octavo (18 × 13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 28, [3] pp. interleaved with [9] leaves of plates on coated stock. Stamp of the “Vsekokhudozhnik” library to title. Light wear to overlapping wrapper edges and small chip to lower right corner; else very good. An illustrated catalog for..... More
Geneva: Editions du Bureau de l'Action "pour Dieu", 1934 (Héliogravure Nouvelliste de Lyon). Quarto (31 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-montage wrappers; 31 pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout. Very good. Second French edition (we cannot trace a first edition), presumably for the Paris iteration of this exhibition of materials documenting..... More
Prague: Český fond výtvarných umění, 1965. Octavo (18 × 12 cm). Staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [16] pp. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of František Hudeček, with six full-page reproductions and a list of works exhibited. Introductory article by Eva Petrova and artist biography. The artist was an early member of the..... More
Ostrava: Český fond výtvarných umění v Ostravě, 1965. Octavo (20.3 × 14.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [20] pp. Twelve reproductions. Very good; a few underlined words on p. 18. Scarce catalog of an exhibition of Czech concrete poetry and narrative art held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, in May 1965. With an introductory..... More
Invitation/announcement for the first exhibition of the Perceptivist movement, held at the Van Riel Gallery in Buenos Aires on November 15, 1949, with talks by Raúl Lozza on Perceptivism and Abrahán Haber on "Abstraction and Perception". 15 x 12 cm. Single sheet, loose as issued. Some slight browning and creasing..... More
Prague: S.V.U. Mánes, 1946. Octavo (20 × 12 cm). Original pictorial dust-wrappers over blind wraps; [26] pp. and twelve unnumbered leaves of reproductions. Occasional underlining to last few pages; else very good. Catalog of the 361. exhibition of S.V.U. Mánes, held January 30 through February 23, 1946, and showing the..... More
Třebíč: Západomoravské muzeum, 1971. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; [10] pp. Four reproductions. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog, featuring numerous members of the international surrealist group C.I.A.F.M.A. (Centrale International de l’Actualité Fantastique et Magique), such as Karol Baron, Alexis Keunen, Max Bucaille, Victor Delhez, Rudolf Haus, Caspar..... More
České Budějovice: Jihočeské muzeum, 1967. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original staple-stitched printed self-wrappers; [8] pp. including wrappers. Six full-page black-and-white reproductions. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of two members of Aubin Pasque's Fantasmagie group, German-born Sigrid and Jean Martin-Bontoux, both members of CIAFMA, the Centre international de l'actualite fantastique..... More
Prague: SČSVU, 1970. Octavo (20.8 × 14.5 cm). Staple-stitched printed wrappers; [16] pp. Eight reproductions. Very good. Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Nová síň in Prague in Spring 1970. With an introduction by Eva Petrová, including biographical information, and a resume in French. The Czech post-war artist collective..... 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
České Budějovice: Dům umění, 1967. Octavo (23 × 9.9 cm). Original staple-stitched photographic self-wrappers; [16] pp. including wrappers. Eight photographs. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of surrealist collages, evidently based on a similar exhibit the previous year, which was organized and curated by members of the short-lived Brno-based “Lacoste” Group..... More
Torino: S.I.G. Fedetto & C., [1931]. Octavo (24 x 17 cm). Original side-stapled printed wrappers; 32 pp., illustrated throughout. Some light toning, overall excellent. Rare pamphlet published on the occasion of the "Seconda Mostra d'Architettura Razionale", held in Rome in April 1931. The booklet opens with a manifesto, "La Nuova..... More
Czechoslovakia: Středočeská galerie, 1968. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched green printed wrappers; [16] pp. Six full-page reproductions. Very good. Exhibition catalog of Skupina 42, with an introduction by Jan Dvořák featuring biographical information on the artists and a list of works exhibited. The Czech post-war artist collective “Skupina 42”..... More
Opava: Galerie Zámek Hradec u Opavy, [1967]. Octavo (23.5 × 17 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers; 23, [1] pp. Nine black-and-white reproductions. Very good. Scarce exhibition catalog of the Fantasmagie group around Aubin Pasque and the C.I.A.F.M.A. (Centrale International de l’Actualité Fantastique et Magique). Held May-August 1967. Contains poems by..... More
Prague: Prague: Grafia dělnická knihtiskárna, 1928. Octavo (23 × 15.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 115, [40] pages of reproductions in black-and-white. Spine extremities frayed; wrappers lightly toned; still about very good. Divided into four sections on Czechoslovak art: painting, art on paper, sculpture and architecture. With an added German preface..... More