Auction 69 - Part II - Avant-Garde Art from the Collection of Uzi Agassi
Three Facsimile Editions – Avant-Garde Publications from the 1920s
Opening: $300
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Unsold
Three facsimile editions of avant-garde publications from the 1920s. Baden: Lars Müler, 1991-1993. German, English and Russian.
1. Buch neuer Künstler, edited by Ludwig [Lajos] Kassák and László Moholy-Nagy. 1991 (originally, Vienna: the MA journal, 1922).
A booklet with prints depicting works of art and architecture, by various artists. With a folded sheet – English translation of the manifest that was enclosed with the original publication.
[6] pp of text + [44] printed plates (printed on both sides) and [1] manifest, 31 cm.
2. ВЕЩЬ / Objet / Gegenstand, a trilingual journal edited by El Lissitzky and Ilya Ehrenburg. 1993 (originally, Berlin: Skythen, 1922).
A Journal for contemporary art (see item 244).
Issues 1-2 (in one booklet) and issue 3 (no other issues published). In a case with an accompanying booklet: "Vešč' / Objet / Gegenstand".
32; 24 pp, 31 cm. Accompanying booklet: 159, [1] pp, 31 cm.
3. ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, a journal of architecture edited by El Lissitzky, Mart Stam, Hans Schmidt and others. 1993.
Ten issues (numbered in two series: 1-6 and 1-4; no other issues published). In a case, with an accompanying booklet: "ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, 1924-1928, Reprint Kommentar".
Size varies, approx. 35 cm. Accompanying booklet: 55, [1] pp, approx. 34.5 cm.
The books, with cases, are in the original nylon cover (never opened).
1. Buch neuer Künstler, edited by Ludwig [Lajos] Kassák and László Moholy-Nagy. 1991 (originally, Vienna: the MA journal, 1922).
A booklet with prints depicting works of art and architecture, by various artists. With a folded sheet – English translation of the manifest that was enclosed with the original publication.
[6] pp of text + [44] printed plates (printed on both sides) and [1] manifest, 31 cm.
2. ВЕЩЬ / Objet / Gegenstand, a trilingual journal edited by El Lissitzky and Ilya Ehrenburg. 1993 (originally, Berlin: Skythen, 1922).
A Journal for contemporary art (see item 244).
Issues 1-2 (in one booklet) and issue 3 (no other issues published). In a case with an accompanying booklet: "Vešč' / Objet / Gegenstand".
32; 24 pp, 31 cm. Accompanying booklet: 159, [1] pp, 31 cm.
3. ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, a journal of architecture edited by El Lissitzky, Mart Stam, Hans Schmidt and others. 1993.
Ten issues (numbered in two series: 1-6 and 1-4; no other issues published). In a case, with an accompanying booklet: "ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, 1924-1928, Reprint Kommentar".
Size varies, approx. 35 cm. Accompanying booklet: 55, [1] pp, approx. 34.5 cm.
The books, with cases, are in the original nylon cover (never opened).
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