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1990rif. 81710Paris: Éditions du Regard 1990. First French Language Edition. Two tall heavy quarto volumes 32cm. Black cloth hardcovers in dustjackets and pictorial slipcase; pp.1-459; 460-880; illus. Fine in the original publisher's slipcase lightly bumped on one corner else fine. Text entirely in French. Thoroughly-illustrated history of the Soviet art and industrial design workshop Vkhutemas established in Moscow in 1920 and active until its dissolution under Stalin in 1930. The school's faculty included such figures as Alexander Rodchenko Lyubov Popova Kazimir Malevich and others and Vkhutemas bore an extraordinary influence in Soviet design in the early years of the Revolution serving as the incubator for such key artistic movements as Constructivism Suprematism and Rationalism in fields as diverse as painting drama architecture and industrial design. A massive and very heavy set approx. 7kg; overseas buyers should request a shipping quote before placing an order. Éditions du Regard unknown
rif. 81750Moscow. Gos. Izd-vo. Thirty weekly numbers issued from 1924-1926. Issues from 1924-25 tall quarto 30.5cm x 23cm; issues for 1926 in slightly smaller format 26cm x 18cm; all in stapled pictorial wrappers with inset portraits of prominent actors musicians and artists within a graphical border printed in red and black; most issues 32pp. Illustrated from photographs. A few with mild edge-staining to wrappers; text lightly tanned or covers tenuously attached on some issues; the majority Very Good overall complete and Good or better. Text in Russian cyrillic. Includes: 1924: No. 2 Dec. 9-16; no.3 Dec. 16-21 1925: No. 6 Jan 6-11; no. 7; 91822-2732-4144-485556 Dec 22 1926: No.16 Apr 20 17-18 double issue-and final issue-Apr 27 Together thirty of the seventy-five numbers issued between December 1924 and April 1926 when publication ceased. Iskusstvo Trudiaschimsia was a weekly review of revolutionary art and performance produced under the auspices of the Science and Art Section of the State Academic Council under the directorship of the important revolutionary apparatchik theorist and avant-garde playwright Anatoly Lunacharsky whose important theoretical essay "Is it Not Time to Organize the Glaviskusstvo" appears in the magazine's third issue. Perhaps not surprisingly given the Lunacharsky connection content is heavily focused on the performing arts including theater music and cinema: Lunacharsky believed that of all forms of artistic expression theater had the greatest potential for the education and radicalization of the proletariat. The plastic arts are considered as well but far less frequently. A good idea of the overall focus of Iskusstvo trudiaschimsia can be gotten by scanning the contents of the third issue: in addition to the aforementioned Lunacharsky essay on the establishment of a state arts directorate Glaviskusstvo would eventually be established in 1928 there appears a theoretical essay "Against Aestheticism" by Anatoly Glebov; a discussion by director Ivan Platon of the staging of Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool" at the Maly Theater; a review of V. Nikiforov's play "Airplane" at the State Children's Theatre; an illustrated article on traditional music of the Crimea by the noted musicologist Arkady Konchevsky; and numerous short articles and reviews some signed with initials or pseudonyms others by such figures as A.M. Granovsky Aleksei Rodionov Viktor Krasyn David Shterenberg and others. There are in addition extensive listings for theatrical and orchestral performances film screenings and art exhibitions in Moscow and environs. A significant if short-lived arts journal from the Proletkult period offering valuable insight to the development of revolutionary theatre in the years immediately following the Revolution. Somewhat uncommon in the West with scattered issues appearing on the market infrequently; cohesive runs are rarely offered outside of Russia. OCLC notes only four American institutions with physical holdings all incomplete. unknown
1921rif. 81926St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo 1921. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 30cm. Printed tan card wrappers; 25pp text 16 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones including portrait frontispiece. Some very mild toning to wrapper margins; text fore-corners gently pushed; still a remarkably fresh unworn copy in the original wrappers easily Near Fine and most unusual thus. The first critical study of painter architect and stage designer Vladimir Tatlin a key figure in the Russian post-revolutionary avant-garde and the first artist to explore visual ideas that would later become identified with the Constructivist movement though Tatlin would come to reject that label in reference to his own work. The book itself written by the influential art critic and theorist Nikolay Punin companion of poet Anna Akhmatova is considered a milestone of Soviet book design featuring sixteen very fine photographic plates including the iconic portrait of Tatlin now held at the Mayakovsky Museum in Moscow. Scarce in commerce and very rarely seen in such fine condition. MOMA The Soviet Avant-Garde Book 318 not pictured. Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo unknown
1930rif. 15186Prague: Sfinx 1930. First Edition. Octavo 21cm. Stiff printed wrappers designed by Jindrich Styrsky; 104pp. Just mild wear to extremities of wrappers; VG to Near Fine. An impressive minimalist cover design by Styrsky and an uncommon work from Nezval's surrealist period. PRIMUS 122. Sfinx unknown
1819rif. 46939Tbilisi.: 'Feniks'. December 1918 - 1919 February / March. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed paper wrappers with titles to front covers in black issue no. 2 in red and black issues 2 and 3 /4 with publisher's vignettes issue 1 with advertisements to rear cover; repair to spine of issue 1 front cover of issue 2 detached. 4 issues in 3. 4to. c.220 x 190 mm. Printed text and verse in Russian throughout no. 1 with 3 mounted monochrome zincograph illustrations by A. N. Geevski no. 2 with monochrome illustrations by Terent'ev and P. Iashvili issue 3 with monochrome illustrations by Goncharova and Kruchenykh. An excellent complete set of the very scarce avant garde periodical 'Kuranty'.The short-lived literary and artistic periodical 'Kuranty' produced in Tbilisi during the Russian Civil War features contributions from many of the most important Russian and Georgian avant garde figures of the time: Alexei Kruchenykh and Igor Terent'ev contributed a large body of material but the contributions of Kyril Zdanevich the editor Boris Korneev Nikolai Sudeikin Tatiana Vechorka Rafalovich and others cannot be overlooked. Natalia Goncharova's 'Portrait of A. Kruchenykh' is reproduced in the final issue together with portraits by Kruchenykh himself.This Tbilisi-produced 'Kuranty' is not to be confused with the review 'Kuranty' published in Kiev in the same year and also of considerable rarity.'Kuranty' is extremely scarce and we can locate no complete sets in libraries although a facsimile is held and Johns Hopkins holds a copy of issue 1; auction records feature one complete copy only that sold at Christie's in 2014 as well asone other incomplete set also Christie's in 2007. 'Feniks'. unknown
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1927rif. 893191927. AVANT-GARDE UMEHARA Hokumei et al. BUNGEI SHIJO Vol.3 #6. Wrappers 21.7 x 15 cm. Tokyo Showa 2 1927 First published in November of 1925 this issue of June 1927 unleashed its mordant humor on the literary world of Japan. The cover is a study all on its own with the cockamamie orthography and inside jokes of the avant-garde. The contents in this case celebrate the 250 year anniversary of Yaoya Oshichi a girl of 16 burned at the stake in the 17th century whose tragic story was picked up by Saikaku at the time and became an important joruri and kabuki theme thereafter. Besides that emphasis the notes run the gamut from literary gossip to the latest on Russian and European art and literary movements and theorists. At first solidly left wing and imersed in the avant-garde the magazine lasted for 19 issues into later in 1927 when Umehara took his interests into even more scandalous avenues and began publishing GROTESQUE magazine the heart of the ero-guro movement. This copy of the BUNGEI SHIJO is very good overall. unknown
1923rif. 10080Moscow Petrograd: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo State Publishing House 1923. First edition. 4to 222 2pp. In Cyrillic. Illustrated with color lithographs and vignettes by Nivinsky along with photographic plates. Musical notation at rear. Illustrated wrappers in good condition with chipping and tears to edges and spine. Page block somewhat toned owner's inscription to ffep faint damp staining to upper edge of the music section extending to the rear cover. Commemorative publication from Yevgeny Vakhtangov's legendary 1922 production of Carlo Gozzi's Princess Turandot widely regarded as one of the defining achievements of twentieth-century Russian theatre. This extensive photographic record of the production shows the innovative scenery and costumes by Ignaty Nivinsky one of the leading artists of the Russian avant-garde. Scarce. Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo (State Publishing House) unknown
rif. Strzeminski, Wladylaw, KaIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1926rif. 9071Prague: Prokop Laichter 1926. First edition. 4to 81 1pp. Illustrated initials and full page illustrations by Laichter Prokop. Publisher's cloth backed purple paper boards with large paste on illustration on front cover. Boards somewhat toned and faded around edges internally clean and bright. A near fine copy. A stunning production from the Czech painter illustrator set designer and actor Laichter Prokop 1898-1975 who was also son of the influential publisher Jan Laichter. In 1924 Prokop's first wife the author of this book Annuše died prematurely of tuberculosis and Laichter printed this book as a remembrance two years later. The introduction translates as "A few words spoken over the grave of a prematurely deceased fairy-teller." Likely printed in a very small number for friends and family we find 3 copies only in OCLC: Princeton and 2 in the Czech Republic. Prokop Laichter unknown
1926rif. 912451926. AVANT-GARDE MURAYAMA Tomoyoshi. KOSEIHA KENKYU. Research on Constructivism. Tokyo Taisho 15 1926. First Printing. 1081pp. 31 plates finals and ads. Decorated wrappers with cover design by Murayama printed in red and black. The plates cover works by European and Japanese proponents of Constructivism. An unusual and fragile work here in its original edition - with the wonderful dinosaur on the cover. There is soiling to the covers and ownership notes to the rear endpaper. About good overall and important. unknown
1937rif. 904421937. Avant Garde Kindai Bijutsu ShichÅ KÅza L'Idee et L'Esprit de L'Art Moderne　近代美術æ€æ½®è¬›åº§Â Atelier-sha. Tokyo. Shôwa 12 13 1937 1938. Six volumes in printed publisher's slipcases. 22.5 x 16.3 cm. Cloth bound western-style. A fascinating series of volumes. The critics Sagara Tokuzô and Araki Sueo wrote REALISME and FAUVISME respectively. The artists Ihara Usaburo Fukuzawa Ichiro Kanbara Tai & Hasegawa Saburô wrote CUBISME; SURREALISME; FUTURISME EXPRESSIONISME DADAISME; and ABSTRACT ART. The product of a time when Japan justly felt itself to be firmly in the vanguard of world art. The spines are a bit darkened one has a small gouge and the slipcases a bit soiled but overall a very good copy of this very unusual and important set. Some folded promotional sheets laid in. Not merely painting and printmaking but also the plastic arts and a bit of architecture etc. are addressed in these wide-ranging and well-illustrated volumes. Complete as issued. unknown
rif. 24860TLS: 17 July 1974; on letterhead of Calder and Boyars Ltd 18 Brewer Street London. All three ACS on his letterhead 6 Dalmeny House 9 Thurloe Place London SW7; one dated 15 January 1975 the others undated. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse was proprietor of Hansom Books publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. See ‘Death of a Bookman’ by the novelist Sally Emerson editor of ‘Books and Bookmen’ at the time of Dosse’s suicide in Standpoint magazine October 2018. The typed letter is in fair condition aged and worn; the three cards are in very good condition. The signature on the four items is little more than a squiggle. Of the three cards only Item Four below is addressed. ONE: TLS 17 July 1974 on Calder and Boyars Ltd letterhead ‘Directors: John Calder . Marion Boyars . Michael Hayes . Chris Davidson’. 1p 4to. Addressed to ‘Dear Philip’. Suggests a meeting offering to send a new photo thanking him for generosity regarding an ‘Ad.’ Ends: ‘Hope to get the Kafka review to you by this week.’ TWO: ACS undated but following on from Item One. ‘Hope this will do! Review of Kafka next week.’ The following two sentences are not entirely legible. THREE: ACS 15 January 1975. ‘Dear Philip / A year ago I asked if I could do some reviews because the collapse of Better Books left me with guarantees to pay off at a time of other financial troubles tempting enough to do a Stonehouse. I have done at least five reviews but never seen a cheque and the is worse. Could you jog your accountant please.’ The reference is to the Labour MP John Stonehouse whose plan to faked his own death to avoid his creditors had just been reported. FOUR: ACS undated but following on from Item Three. In green ink. He thanks him for ‘the cheque and kind words’ stating that he knows ‘how difficult things are for you too’. He would be ‘happy to do more reviews although the price is as you know low’. TLS: 17 July 1974; on letterhead of Calder and Boyars Ltd, 18 Brewer Street, London. All three ACS on his letterhead, 6 Dalmeny unknown
1931rif. 2222Prague 1931-1949. Czech Avant-Garde Photography Editor: Augustin Skarda et al. . CESKOSLOVENSKA FOTOGRAFIE. Complete in 12 volumes. Prague 1931-1949 first editions of the complete set in 12 volumes; 10.75 x 8.5 inches over 800 full page photo-engraved plates; short texts all volumes in Czech some with English German and French. Early years with covers of avant-garde typographic designs by Karel Teige .Photographers include: Josef Sudek Jaroslav Krupka Jindrich Styrsky Frantisek Drtikol Alois Zych Karel Plicka Jaroslav Seifert R. Sima K. Muller J. Tutsch and many others. All 12 volumes are uniformly bound in the original publisher's boards; the 1949 volume with the original dust jacket. Overall this set is in excellent condition. Publisher: Svaz Ceskoslovenskych Klubu Svaz Ceskoslovenskych Klubu hardcover
1968rif. 2110502150410016Naniwashobo 1968. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Naniwashobo paperback
1973rif. 2092902137305598Toki no bijutsusha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Toki no bijutsusha paperback
1962rif. 2092902137305936National Museum of Modern Art 1962. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. National Museum of Modern Art paperback
1956rif. 2092902137302568Bijutsu shubbansha 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Bijutsu shubbansha paperback
1988rif. 2090502113716313Not Available 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1971rif. 172074New York: New York Cultural Center 1971. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the New York Cultural Center in collaboration with the Pro Helvetia Foundation of Zurich. Illustrated in black-and-white. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers moderately rubbed. New York Cultural Center unknown books
1990rif. 81710Paris: Éditions du Regard 1990. First French Language Edition. Two tall heavy quarto volumes 32cm. Black cloth hardcovers in dustjackets and pictorial slipcase; pp.1-459; 460-880; illus. Fine in the original publisher's slipcase lightly bumped on one corner else fine. Text entirely in French. Thoroughly-illustrated history of the Soviet art and industrial design workshop Vkhutemas established in Moscow in 1920 and active until its dissolution under Stalin in 1930. The school's faculty included such figures as Alexander Rodchenko Lyubov Popova Kazimir Malevich and others and Vkhutemas bore an extraordinary influence in Soviet design in the early years of the Revolution serving as the incubator for such key artistic movements as Constructivism Suprematism and Rationalism in fields as diverse as painting drama architecture and industrial design. A massive and very heavy set approx. 7kg; overseas buyers should request a shipping quote before placing an order. Éditions du Regard unknown books
1921rif. 81926St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo 1921. First Edition. First printing. Quarto 30cm. Printed tan card wrappers; 25pp text 16 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones including portrait frontispiece. Some very mild toning to wrapper margins; text fore-corners gently pushed; still a remarkably fresh unworn copy in the original wrappers easily Near Fine and most unusual thus. The first critical study of painter architect and stage designer Vladimir Tatlin a key figure in the Russian post-revolutionary avant-garde and the first artist to explore visual ideas that would later become identified with the Constructivist movement though Tatlin would come to reject that label in reference to his own work. The book itself written by the influential art critic and theorist Nikolay Punin companion of poet Anna Akhmatova is considered a milestone of Soviet book design featuring sixteen very fine photographic plates including the iconic portrait of Tatlin now held at the Mayakovsky Museum in Moscow. Scarce in commerce and very rarely seen in such fine condition. MOMA The Soviet Avant-Garde Book 318 not pictured. Gosudarstvennoe izdatelʹstvo unknown books
rif. 81750Moscow. Gos. Izd-vo. Thirty weekly numbers issued from 1924-1926. Issues from 1924-25 tall quarto 30.5cm x 23cm; issues for 1926 in slightly smaller format 26cm x 18cm; all in stapled pictorial wrappers with inset portraits of prominent actors musicians and artists within a graphical border printed in red and black; most issues 32pp. Illustrated from photographs. A few with mild edge-staining to wrappers; text lightly tanned or covers tenuously attached on some issues; the majority Very Good overall complete and Good or better. Text in Russian cyrillic. Includes: 1924: No. 2 Dec. 9-16; no.3 Dec. 16-21 1925: No. 6 Jan 6-11; no. 7; 91822-2732-4144-485556 Dec 22 1926: No.16 Apr 20 17-18 double issue-and final issue-Apr 27 Together thirty of the seventy-five numbers issued between December 1924 and April 1926 when publication ceased. Iskusstvo Trudiaschimsia was a weekly review of revolutionary art and performance produced under the auspices of the Science and Art Section of the State Academic Council under the directorship of the important revolutionary apparatchik theorist and avant-garde playwright Anatoly Lunacharsky whose important theoretical essay "Is it Not Time to Organize the Glaviskusstvo" appears in the magazine's third issue. Perhaps not surprisingly given the Lunacharsky connection content is heavily focused on the performing arts including theater music and cinema: Lunacharsky believed that of all forms of artistic expression theater had the greatest potential for the education and radicalization of the proletariat. The plastic arts are considered as well but far less frequently. A good idea of the overall focus of Iskusstvo trudiaschimsia can be gotten by scanning the contents of the third issue: in addition to the aforementioned Lunacharsky essay on the establishment of a state arts directorate Glaviskusstvo would eventually be established in 1928 there appears a theoretical essay "Against Aestheticism" by Anatoly Glebov; a discussion by director Ivan Platon of the staging of Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool" at the Maly Theater; a review of V. Nikiforov's play "Airplane" at the State Children's Theatre; an illustrated article on traditional music of the Crimea by the noted musicologist Arkady Konchevsky; and numerous short articles and reviews some signed with initials or pseudonyms others by such figures as A.M. Granovsky Aleksei Rodionov Viktor Krasyn David Shterenberg and others. There are in addition extensive listings for theatrical and orchestral performances film screenings and art exhibitions in Moscow and environs. A significant if short-lived arts journal from the Proletkult period offering valuable insight to the development of revolutionary theatre in the years immediately following the Revolution. Somewhat uncommon in the West with scattered issues appearing on the market infrequently; cohesive runs are rarely offered outside of Russia. OCLC notes only four American institutions with physical holdings all incomplete. unknown books
1930rif. 15186Prague: Sfinx 1930. First Edition. Octavo 21cm. Stiff printed wrappers designed by Jindrich Styrsky; 104pp. Just mild wear to extremities of wrappers; VG to Near Fine. An impressive minimalist cover design by Styrsky and an uncommon work from Nezval's surrealist period. PRIMUS 122. Sfinx unknown books
