Kandinsky

1912 · réf. 172015 — 1912. KANDINSKY Wassily. Der Blaue Reiter. Edited by Kandinsky and Franz Marc. 4 140 10 pp. illustrated with numerous illustrations including 4 plates skillfully coloured in pochoir 5 leaves of music including 2 folding plates. 4to 298 x 220 mm. in later full morocco with the wrappers preserved. Munich: R. Piper & Co. 1912. First edition of this rare and important landmark of twentieth-century art. Although it contains no original prints Der Blaue Reiter is a key publication in any collection of twentieth century illustrated books especially in Germany. It features articles on a wide variety of subjects including one on the music of Arnold Schoenberg. Published just before the outbreak of the First World War copies of both the first and second edition have long been hard to obtain. a small advertisement has been excised at the rear otherwise a fine copy of a considerable rarity usually only encountered in the second edition. The Artist and the Book 139 listing the second edition. Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 No20. unknown