736 - 1327 FINE and APPLIED ARTS, ART REFERENCE
- Fine copy.
= Parr/ Badger p.144. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Moderna Museet in Stockholm February-March 1968.
- Dustwrapper dam.; boards trifle soiled. = Contact books no.2. Rare magazine.
AND 2 others: FUTURE BOOKS (London, publ. in collaboration w. O. NEURATH, 1946, 2 vols., istotype graphics, orig. wr., 4to).
= Rare conceptual art book.
Lawrence Weiner: As far as the eye can see. Los Angeles etc., Museum of Contemporary Art etc., 2007, 411,(1)p., num. (col.) ills., orig. boards, obl. 4to. - AND 2 others: G. FIETZEK and G. STEMMRICH, Having Been Said. Writings & Interviews of Lawrence Weiner 1968-2003 (Ostfildern, 2004, ills., orig. wr.) and A. ALBERRO a.o., Lawrence Weiner (London, 1998, (col.) ills., orig. wr., 4to).
- Lacks p.12/13 and 33 and the woodcut by Jan Mankes but with the separate large woodcut by C.A. Lion Cachet. Mediocre copy, sold w.a.f.
= Le Coultre 2-7/8d.
Wendingen. Year 9, no.10 (grafische kunst). Ed. H.C. Verkruysen. Introd. S. Moulijn. Amst., C.A. Mees, 1928, 18p., ills., orig. lithogr. wr. after S. JESSERUN DE MESQUITA, bound as a blockbook, large 4to.
- Lacks part of the orig. ties. Covers sl. browned/ (sl.) waterst./ soiled. = Le Coultre 9-10d.
- Most vols. (very) fine; occas. yellowed/ (sl.) foxed; year 2, no.7/8 (Houtsnedennummer): frontwr. sl. dam./ loose/ w. traces of tape on front/ lacks the folded woodcut by C.A. Lion Cachet; year 7, no. 4 and 5 (Frank LLoyd Wright vols. 2 and 3): (marginally) waterdam. throughout (incl. wr.); 1x w. sm. bookplate on title-p.; Year 4, no.11 (Wright, cover: El Lissitzky) vertical fold throughout/ trifle yellowed wrs. w. a few tiny marginal tears. Wrs. varying from frayed to good/ very good and occas. very fine; only a few w. broken ties or ticket/ stamp on front cover.
= Rare complete run of this legendary periodical, with a few rare inserts (i.e. 9 'Technical Sections', 1 green inlay sheet and 2 'Announcements'), incl. year 7, no.2 (Hildo Krop) in deluxe ed., all Frank Lloyd Wright issues of year 7 and Year 4, no.11 (Wright, cover: El Lissitzky). The earlier the date of publication, the more striking and daring the richness in subjects, design, typography and covers. To quote H.Th. Wijdeveld, the general editor: "Zij hebben de frisheid van het gedurfde, niet gebonden en zingen hun 'illusies van de komende schoonheid'". For a complete overview consult Le Coultre, Wendingen 1918-1932 (Blaricum/ New York, 2001); with on p.6: "Looking back at the twentieth century, one sees in Wendingen a compelling model of design practice, singular in the intensity of its focus and the originality of its aesthetic form. Nothing in the evolution of avant-garde art and design matches the sustained and impassioned visual inquiry of this magazine." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXVIII.
- Wrappers sl. frayed. Contents fine.
= Le Coultre 2 - 5d. With loosely inserted leaflet Technisch gedeelte (19-22,(4)p.).
AND no. 2 of year 5 of the same periodical (contents fine. Wrs. sl. frayed. Le Coultre 5 - 2d).
- Backstrip dam.
= Le Coultre 6-4/5. Part of the special commemorative series on the suddenly deceased architect M. de Klerk (Le Coultre p.146).
AND a dam. copy of year 2, no.6.
- Spine worn; binding cord dam.
AND 4 other issues: year 4, no.1/2 (Engl. ed., wr. by Willem van KONIJNENBURG), no.4/5 (wr. by Richard ROLAND HOLST); year 6, no.1 (wr. by Jan HAVERMANS) and year 8, no.1 (wr. by Johan POLET).
- Lvs. wrinkled. Sm. hole in backcover. = Le Coultre 12-1d.
AND 4 other issues, i.a. year 3, no.3/4 (Woningbouw) and year 10, no.8 (Lauweriks).
- Portfolio stained along spine.
= Facsimile reprint of the avant-garde writings by Hendrik Werkman published from September 1923 to November 1926 in Groningen. With the accomp. booklet: J. Martinet, Werkman's Call. A study devoted to Hendrik Werkman and The Next Call, supplemented by detailed descriptions of the successive issues and variant copies of The Next Call, biographical and bibliographical information, and an English translation of all texts (75p., Dutch/ English text, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
AND 3 others, i.a. C.O. JELLEMA, De verborgen wegen zijn het mooist - H.N. Werkman (Bedum, 1995, fold. leaf w. poem and Werkman-style print by M. WIELINGA, printed in 180 numb. and signed copies, orig. wr.).
- (Sl.) yellowed (incl. wr.); corners vaguely bumped. Spine sl. rubbed; wr. w. vague traces of silverfish activity along upper margin of backwr.
= Dekkers/ Van der Spek/ De Vries G-38; Cat. Hot Printing 21-g1.
Jordens, J.G. (ed.). De 1e twintig linoleumsneden van leerlingen eener H.B.S.V. Gron., H.N. Werkman, 1925, (26)p., 20 full-p. linocuts, printed by H.N. WERKMAN in a small number of copies, bound as a blockbook, orig. wr. w. linocut on the frontwr., square 8vo.
= Dekkers/ Van der Spek/ De Vries G-72a; Cat. Hot Printing 25-g7. Venema, De Ploeg (1978), p.184: "Jordens was een belangrijk man in het tekenonderwijs. Hij was een grote voorvechter van vernieuwing. (...) Die ideeën werden in praktijk gebracht met de twee uitgaven uit 1925, beide met 20 linoleumsneden en een derde uitgave in 1930. Werkman drukte deze in kleine oplage." Fine, expressionist linocuts.
ADDED: BLAD VOOR KUNST, October 1921 [no.1], woodcut wr. by J. WIEGERS only (rubbed spine; with a few dam. lvs. from other issues loosely inserted, 1x w. full-p. woodcut by the same).
= The standard oeuvre catalogue. One of 250 numb. copies of a DELUXE edition, in orig. dec. board slipcase, with an extra booklet H.N. Werkman, 'Acrobatisch toeren met lettermateriaal', containing a facs. letter and plates of 9 'druksels' (16p., 250 numb. copies, orig. wr., large 8vo).
Spek, J. van der and Vries, A. de a.o (ed.). H.N. Werkman 1882-1945. Leven en werk. Gron., WBooks etc., 2015, 254p., richly illustrated, orig. boards, large 4to. - AND 1 other on the same.
- With on upper pastedown: the etched bookplate by Cor DE WOLFF for "ir. Eugène Strens" (printed in red, 14,5x11,5 cm., signed "Cor de Wolff 1934" in pencil, signed in the plate). Fine copy.
= M. Fürst (Grieshaber Katalog) 113; Lutze (Horst Antes Catalogue de l'oeuvre gravé) 1.
= Facsimile reprint of the avant-garde writings by Hendrik Werkman published from September 1923 to November 1926 in Groningen. With the accomp. booklet: J. Martinet, Werkman's Call. A study devoted to Hendrik Werkman and The Next Call, supplemented by detailed descriptions of the successive issues and variant copies of The Next Call, biographical and bibliographical information, and an English translation of all texts (75p., Dutch/ English text, ills., orig. wr., 4to).
AND 2 others by/ on the same: J. MARTINET (ed.), Hot printing (Amst.,1963, num. (col.) ills., orig. (sl. yellowed) wr., 4to) and HN WERKMAN KALENDER (Gron., 1995, 12 loose lvs., published in 515 numb. copies (500), in orig. board portfolio, 4to. Facs. ed. of the ed. 1945).
- Plates trifle foxed in blank margins; owner's entry on 2nd blank.
= One of 50 DELUXE copies printed on Japanese paper.
- Spine-ends dam.
- A few w. pinholes.
= I.a. for exhibitions by JAMES LEE BYARS (1973, "Are you ready to do some art show Love B"), GER VAN ELK (1973, "Het soortelijk gewicht van de kunstzinnige verbeelding"), CHRISTO (1972, "Works 1958-1972"), DAVID LAMELAS (1973, "Time as activity"), RICHARD LONG (1973, w. ills. "Camp-fire ash South America 1972" and "Two lines walked through dust covered grass Africa 1969"). IDEM (1976, "Driftwood") and LAWRENCE WEINER (1973, "And then untended as... (..)'). Provenance: the collection of Kees Broos and Liesbeth Brandt Corstius.
= Rare German edition.
Idem. Wereldtentoonstelling voor Koloniën, zeevaart en Vlaamsche kunst te Antwerpen 1930 Nederlandsch Paviljoen. Amst. and Mechelen, De Spieghel/ het Kompas, 1930, 66,(6)p., ills., orig. wr., sq. 8vo.
- Both vols. covers sl. dustsoiled.
- Portfolio sl. foxed. First booklet wrappers sl. browned.
= Remarkable Art Déco publication, designed by the editor of the periodical Wendingen.
Wijdeveld, H.Th. Cultuur en kunst. Verzamelde opstellen 1917-1929. Amst., De Spieghel, 1929, 150p., orig. wr., large 8vo. - AND 2 others, i.a. a cyclostyled booklet by the same: Uit de memoires van de architect. Toneel dans muziek (n.pl., 1967, ringbound wr., 4to). - ADDED: 2 vols. on Wendingen, i.a. M. LE COULTRE, Wendingen 1918-1932. Architectuur en vormgeving (Kerkdriel, 2009, num. (col.) ills., orig. boards w. dustwr., 4to).