[1st ed] The Dada Painters and Poets
First edition of The Documents of Modern Art, Vol. 8, edited and with an introduction by Robert Motherwell. Cover and typography by Paul Rand. Published in 1951 by Wittenborn, Schultz Inc. With texts by Richard Huelsenbeck, Hugo Ball, Kurt Schwitters, Jacques Vache, Tristan Tzara, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, George Hugnet, Andre Breton, Jean Arp, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, and Hans Richter. Illustrations by (or after) Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Raoul Hausmann, Paul Klee, Marcel Janco, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, and others. Small 4to, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 432 pages with 147 b/w illustrations. Following the text is an appendix with essays by Albert Gleizes, Tristan Tzara, Raoul Hausmann, and Harriet and Sidney Janis; at the end is a critical bibliography by Bernard Karpel, librarian at MoMA, comprising almost 500 citations of books, periodicals, and catalogs. With both leaflets loosely inserted—Huelsenbeck’s Dada Manifesto 1949 and An Introduction to Dada by Tristan Tzara. At the time of publication, this was the most comprehensive documentation of the Dada movement (at least in English) in a single volume, and it remains an indispensable reference source for anyone interested in the early history of modern art. Light bumping and fraying to extremities. Moderate rubbing and soiling to edge-chipped dj. Limited open tears to spine ends. 1” closed tear to top edge of front cover. Scarce thus.
First edition of The Documents of Modern Art, Vol. 8, edited and with an introduction by Robert Motherwell. Cover and typography by Paul Rand. Published in 1951 by Wittenborn, Schultz Inc. With texts by Richard Huelsenbeck, Hugo Ball, Kurt Schwitters, Jacques Vache, Tristan Tzara, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, George Hugnet, Andre Breton, Jean Arp, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, and Hans Richter. Illustrations by (or after) Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Raoul Hausmann, Paul Klee, Marcel Janco, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, and others. Small 4to, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 432 pages with 147 b/w illustrations. Following the text is an appendix with essays by Albert Gleizes, Tristan Tzara, Raoul Hausmann, and Harriet and Sidney Janis; at the end is a critical bibliography by Bernard Karpel, librarian at MoMA, comprising almost 500 citations of books, periodicals, and catalogs. With both leaflets loosely inserted—Huelsenbeck’s Dada Manifesto 1949 and An Introduction to Dada by Tristan Tzara. At the time of publication, this was the most comprehensive documentation of the Dada movement (at least in English) in a single volume, and it remains an indispensable reference source for anyone interested in the early history of modern art. Light bumping and fraying to extremities. Moderate rubbing and soiling to edge-chipped dj. Limited open tears to spine ends. 1” closed tear to top edge of front cover. Scarce thus.
First edition of The Documents of Modern Art, Vol. 8, edited and with an introduction by Robert Motherwell. Cover and typography by Paul Rand. Published in 1951 by Wittenborn, Schultz Inc. With texts by Richard Huelsenbeck, Hugo Ball, Kurt Schwitters, Jacques Vache, Tristan Tzara, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, George Hugnet, Andre Breton, Jean Arp, Paul Eluard, Louis Aragon, Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia, and Hans Richter. Illustrations by (or after) Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Raoul Hausmann, Paul Klee, Marcel Janco, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Kurt Schwitters, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Richard Huelsenbeck, and others. Small 4to, hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 432 pages with 147 b/w illustrations. Following the text is an appendix with essays by Albert Gleizes, Tristan Tzara, Raoul Hausmann, and Harriet and Sidney Janis; at the end is a critical bibliography by Bernard Karpel, librarian at MoMA, comprising almost 500 citations of books, periodicals, and catalogs. With both leaflets loosely inserted—Huelsenbeck’s Dada Manifesto 1949 and An Introduction to Dada by Tristan Tzara. At the time of publication, this was the most comprehensive documentation of the Dada movement (at least in English) in a single volume, and it remains an indispensable reference source for anyone interested in the early history of modern art. Light bumping and fraying to extremities. Moderate rubbing and soiling to edge-chipped dj. Limited open tears to spine ends. 1” closed tear to top edge of front cover. Scarce thus.
