205 x 26cm, 233pp plus original card covers. , Exhibition catalogue of post-World War II multiples and works in editions, including prints, posters, sculpture, artists' books, etc., by European and American artists.

There were 509 works exhibited in this huge and important show.

Foreword and introduction by Gert von der Osten; essays by Erhard Kästner, Horst Keller, Karl Gerstner, Willi Bongard, Othmar Metzger and Hein Stanke and biographical notes on the artists. Text in German.

Included are von Agam, Albers, Alechinsky, Antes, Appel, Arp, Baumeister, Bellmer, Beuys, Braque, Chagall, , Christo, Dine, Dubuffet, Duchamp, Ernst, Esteve, Faßbender, Francis, Fruhtrunk, Geiger, Giacometti, Grieshaber, Hamilton, Hartung, Hockney, Johns, Jones, Jorn, Leger, Lichtenstein, Matta, Matisse, Miro, Nay, Nevelson, Newman, Oldenburg, Picasso, Pollock, Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Rot, Soto, Soulages, Stella, Tapies, Tinguely, Warhol and Wols.

A VG example. 

24.5 x 17.5cm, 180pp plus pictorial boards. Exhibition catalogue for a show of instruction drawings from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Collection. Texts in Danish and English by Jan van der Marck and Gilbert Silverman (who had been collecting drawings and texts relating to works constructed by someone other than the artist him or her self since 1970.

Full page colour images of works from Acconcim Andre, Antin, Bochner, Boltanski, Brecht, Buren, Cage, Christo, De Maria, Flavin, Gabo, Gober, Golub, Graham, Haacke, Hesse, Horn, Johnson, Judd, Kaprow, Kelley, Kounellis, Lewitt, Long, Magritte, Man Ray, merz, Moore, Morris, Nitsch, Ono,  Oppenheim, Picasso, Poirier, Rauschenberg, Sandback, Smithson, Stella, Vautier and others. VG+.

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30 x 21cm, 1 typed letter signed from Gilbert Silverman to Paul Robertson discussing various works being offered for the collection. Folded and slightly worn at extremities.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Louisiana Museum for moderne kunst, Humlebæk, Oct.-Nov. 2001. Loosely inserted: 21pp. German-language translation of the text to accompany the exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bremen, June-July 2002. Presentation copy, inscribed by the collectors.

[Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

A sequential and substantial run of this important avant garde revue (edited by Paul Dermee and Michel Seuphor) bound together in a single period binding (cloth covered boards with embossed leather label on spine). 27 x 17.5cm, most numbers are unpaginated although most are approximatly 50 - 72pp. and volume 28 is, in fact, numbered 2320 to 2391.

Many important contributions by the major progressive literary figures of the time and there are many texts on important contemporaries such as Poe. Illustrated throughout with colour and b/w plates of architecture and art including many cubist works after Picasso and Leger (for example).

Particularly important here is issue nr 26 which was solely dedicated to the recently deceased figure of Guillaume Apollinaire with reproductions after drawings, watercolors, manuscripts and letters by the poet, seven portraits of him by Pablo Picasso and two by Louis Marcoussis (one of which is an original lithograph printed in red) + other related facsimile documents and photographs. The special number includes the poet's short tale 'La Plante', correspondence and poems (reproduced in facsimile). Other texts by Celine Arnauld, Paul Dermee, Pierre-Albert Birot, Ivan Goll, Francis Picabia, Andre Salmon, Roch Grey, et. al. + letters to Apollinaire by Fernand Divoire, Picabia, et. al.. Alone the special number is a very scarce item but a complete run of 10 numbers is a significant find.

The original wrappers have not been retained within the binding and there is one (easily remedied) condition problem here in that the weight of the approx 750 pages bound together has caused the internal page block to fall and cleanly tear the binding down the marbled endpapers on the front side although the rear endpapers are still attached although only just - as are the laid in and bound in (here) various maps and fold out architectural documents at the back of the 10 volume run. Elsewhere the paper is browned and the odd page is slightly stressed again due to the weight of the internal page block but over all this is a very good+ run with the stated problems well within a paper conservator's or binder's ability to correct.

Price is for all ten numbers including the special number

21 x 18cm, 40pp. Original red and blue wrappers. The exhibition catalogue for this important exhibition of cubist works as shown at the London Gallery organised by ELT Mesens and filled with works by Penrose, Lee Miller, Gistac Kahnweiler and others. Foreword by Robert Melville and contributions translated by Mesens from Apollinaire, Breton and lengthy notes also by Mesens. B/w illustrations throughout and twenty-six black and white plates after works by Picasso, Braque, Leger, Gris, De La Fresnaye, Picabia, Marcoussis and Masson. Placing cubism at the centre of avant garde development the catalogue also critiques the movement from a later surrealist position - Braque being oh so slightly dismissed (especially by Breton) and Picasso regarded as part of the inner circle (which given his adherence to surrealism and communism post-cubism is not so surprising). A couple of faint coffee cup stains on the front covers, which do not detract that greatly, else VG. Scarce.

DOCUMENTS. ARCHEOLOGIE BEAUX-ARTS ETHNOGRAPHIE VARIETIE.  Anne 2eme Nr 4

Paris: Documents, septembre 1929.

27 x 22 cm, 236pp. Original wrappers. A single early number of this archeological, ethnographic and arts magazine which has articles by E. Nordenskild (on Seurat), C.T. Seltman in archaic sculptures in the Cyclades, a general article by George Bataille on the human figure (which interestingly for the author of the Story of the Eye has a section discussing the horror (which Bataille perceives) of the human eye along with an eye bulging illustration of Joan Crawford's popping globes and C. Einstein on the Gravures d'Hercule Seghers and an early, if far from extensive (2pp) article by Michel Leiris (written during his surrealist period) on Alberto Giacometti. Illustrations (eighty-one of them) throughout in b/w including Salvador Dali, Giocometti (four sculptural works printed fullsheet hors texte), Picasso, Seghers and others including many images of black citizens of the USA and native africans. Fine example of a pretty scarce document.

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DOCUMENTS. ARCHEOLOGIE BEAUX-ARTS ETHNOGRAPHIE VARIETIE. HOMAGE A PICASSO. Anne 2eme Nr 3<br />Paris: Documents, 1930.

27 x 22 cm, 184pp. Original wrappers. A single number of this<br />archeological, ethnographic and arts magazine. This is a special issue<br />dedicated to the life and work of Picasso which has articles by Jacques Baron, Georges Bataille, Marcel Griaule, Marcel Jouhandeau, Robert Desnos, Edouard Kasyade, Carl Einstein, Michel Leiris, Camille Mauclair, Marcel Mauss, Geoges Monnet, Leon-Pierre Quint, Jacques Prevert, Charles-Henri Puech, le Dr Reber, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges-Henri Riviere, Andre Schaeffner and Roger Vitrac. Illustrations throughout. A very good + example of a pretty scarce revue .

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DOCUMENTS. ARCHEOLOGIE BEAUX-ARTS ETHNOGRAPHIE VARIETIE. Anne 2eme Nr 4

Paris: Documents, 1930.<br />27 x 22 cm, 184pp. Original wrappers. A single number of this archeological, ethnographic and arts magazine. This number has articles by Georges Bataille on human sacrifices (a constant fascination of the poet), Marcel Griaule, Robert Desnos (Les Pieds Nickeles), Carl Einstein on Leger, Michel Leiris, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georgette Camille, Dr Pudelko, Marie Elbe, Henry-Charles Puech and Leo Frobenius. Illustrations throughout. A very good + example of a pretty scarce revue.

PRICE IS FOR ALL THREE NUMBERS TOGETHER BUT WE MAY BE WILLING TO SPLIT THIS GROUP - DO ENQUIRE.

23 x 16.5cm, 10pp, self wrapper. A single number of this "cahier" mostly dedicated to the work of Eluard with a text by Jean Paulhan on the poet, an illustration by Picasso and 7 poems by the writer. There is also a 1pp text on George Hugnet by Francis Dumont and a booklist of Eluard's publications. An uncut example. Not often encountered.<br /><br />

22 x 16cm, 64pp. Original semi-stiff pictorial wrappers. First edition thus of this translation into English of Picasso's drama first published in 1945 in France (soon after the liberation of Paris). The title page carried a full page inscription from Penrose to Joyce Reeves: 'all to please Joycey with love Roland.' together with an abstract drawing of a phallus in coloured pencils (with a major stylistic debt to Miro).

Joyce Reeves was Penrose's secretary and lover. Wrappers a little worn, else a very good copy. An important association copy of this book with an interestingly disguised erotic content.

18 x 13cm, 157 pages plus original wrappers and dj. First edition of Eluard's collected poems in Czech accompanied by 4 b/w illustrations, including 3 full page plates by Picasso, Man Ray and Styrsky; Man Ray's frontispiece is a portrait of Eluard. Styrsky's contribution is an original collage. The dust jacket has an original colour design by Karel Teige. Internally near fine, the dust jacket has minor chipping at top and bottom but overall a very good + copy of this scarce book.

23 x 21cm, 16pp + 15 b/w plates. Pale orange printed paper dustjacket with printed label over boards. First edition of this brief survey of new works emerging from the French avant garde presented by Arp and Neitzel for the interest of German readers. The choice of works displayed herein was made by Arp who has included Henri Rousseau le Douanier (2 works), Matisse (4), van Dongen (3), Derain (2), Picasso (4). Very good with only some minor paper loss at top and bottom of dustjacket.

32.7 x 25cm, 24pp. Original wrappers with tipped on lithograph by Jean Lurcat. A single number of this arts revue which centres on the Montparnasse avant garde with a series of articles on Braque, Picasso, two on de Chirico (by Andre Salmon and "Flouquet"), Modigliani and 4 poems by Cendrars (Feullles de Route) and Max Jacob. One b/w photo-portrait of a young Braque, a reproduction of a portrait of Picasso by Modiglian and other works by contemporary artists. Minor edge wear and staples slightly rusty but over all very good.

25 x 19cm, 178 pp in original wrappers with 92 b/w reproductions of works by Picasso and 7 b/w photographs of the artist and a single tipped in colour lithograph ("Clown") as a frontispiece. An eight page essay by Eluard followed by a cycle of 16 poems for Eluard's friend or inspired by the works. First edition. Very good with a slight lightening of the outer wrappers at the top and a slightly tired spine.

19 x 12cm, 96pp plus original wrappers. First edition of these surrealist poems by Eluard which are illustrated throughout by Picasso with detailed drawings made especially for the edition (one incorporates Eluard's text in full) including a frontispiece portrait of the author. This is one of only 50 numbered copies on Verge de Hollande (after a du tete of 10 on Japon imperial). Near fine condition.