* (SURREALISM/DADA)
A collection of five works (in six volumes) pertaining to Surrealism, Dada and other Avant-Garde art and literary movements of the first half of the 20th century.
Bifur. Number 1. Paris: Carrefour, 1929. 8vo, original pink paper wraps with transparent typeface by Cassandre. Limited edition, number 517 of 3,000 copies on Alfa de Lafuma-Navarre paper. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs by G. Krull, A. Kertesz, Eli Lotar, Maholy-Nagy and M. Tabard, and contributions from Henry Michaux, Jean Lurcat, Tristan Tzara and others. Light fading and soiling to wraps; light toning to leaves. Les Feuilles libres. Number 33. Paris: Les Feuilles libres, September-October 1923. 8vo, printed wraps. Includes a sonnet by Rimbaud, photographic portrait by Man Ray and illustrated throughout by Robert Delaunay. Additional contributions by Tristan Tzara, Erik Satie, Joseph Delteil, Philippe Soupault and others.
Metamorphose de l'Artiste. By Andre Masson. Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1956. 2 vols. 12,p, publisher's printed paper wraps, glassine, partially unopened. Cahiers G.L.M. 3e Cahier. Paris: G.L.M., November 1936. 8vo, publisher's printed wraps. With contributions from Paul Eluard, Man Ray, Andre Breton and Pierre Jean Jouve. The Chapbook Monthly. No. 17. Vol. 2: The Younger French Poets. By F.S. Flint. London: The Poetry Bookshop, November 1920. 4to, publisher's printed wraps. Pertaining to the Dada movement in Paris, with reference to Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia and Paul Eluard.
Estimate $ 300-500
Property from the Collection of John Angelos, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin