Lot 315
Three Facsimile Editions – Avant-Garde Publications from the 1920s
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 Ladislaus 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, tri-lingual journal edited by El Lissitzky and Ilya Ehrenburg. 1993 (originally, Berlin: Skythen, 1922).
Journal for contemporary art. Issues 1-2 (in one issue) and issue 3 (no other issues published). Placed in a case with an accompanying booklet: "Vešč' / Objet / Gegenstand".
32; 24 pp, 31cm. The accompanying booklet: 159, [1] pp, 31 cm.
3. ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, journal for 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).
Placed in a case with an accompanying booklet: "ABC, Beiträge zum Bauen, 1924-1928, Reprint Kommentar".
The size of the issues varies, approx. 35cm. The accompanying booklet: 55, [1] pp, approx. 34.5cm.
Good overall condition. Stains and minor blemishes. The cover of the first issue is scuffed at spine and margins.
