Derriere Le Miroir. Nos. 20-21, May 1949 by Arp & Leger - 1949

Brussels: Varietes, Publisher, 1928. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 403-460, plus 34 pages of ads and black and white plates, unpaginated, throughout. All text in French. Eighth issue of this Belgian magazine devoted to contemporary views of various subjects of the day, with a lean toward Modernism and Surrealism, especially in the art world. This issue includes black and white photos by Man Ray and Moholy Nagy; line drawings by George Grosz, Hans Arp (as well as a black and white plate of a piece by Arp), Fernand Leger and others. Edited by Paul Gustave Van Hecke, a Belgian journalist, art promoter and art dealer, noted for his affinity for Surrealism. GOOD condition. Moderate uneven browning to the covers. Some creasing and bumping at the corners and extremities. Wrappers chipped, with some loss, along the spine. Small chip to the upper fore edge of a few pages near the center.

Paperback. Good. Almost very good pictorial paperback. 32 pps plus ads, Bloc, Calder, LeCorbusier, Arp, et al. Black and white illus. throughout. Brief edgewear at corners. Except for Baroness Ghislaine GODENNE's two stamps on first page, no reader, remainder, or ex-library marks. Laid in, Fernand Leger's pochoir of a horse, Printed in Paris and published in 1951 by Editions d'Art d'Aujourd'hui, of Boulogne. ... "A splendid and richly inked impression, as usual from this now rare series. ... The total sheet size (including margins) is 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (265 x 172 mm)". Brief edgewear and hint only at that. Bright colors.

Paris: Galerie Maeght. 1949. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine+, beautiful & bright folio wraps; 10 pp folio wraps with 2 original lithographs by Fernand Leger and 3 by Jean Arp. .

New York: University of New York, 1935. Fine. University of New York, New York February 1935, 15,5x23cm, agrafé. - Edition originale du premier bulletin de la ""Gallery of living art"", département des acquisitions en peinture de l'Université de New York. Ce bulletin, présentant les tous derniers achats de la galerie : deux toiles de Hans Arp, une de Piet Mondrian, une de Joan Miro et la dernière de Fernand Léger, consiste en un complément du catalogue sorti en Décembre 1933. Rare et bel exemplaire malgré une petite tache en tête du premier plat. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Gallery of Living Art University of New York | New York February 1935 | 15.5 x 23 cm | stapled First edition of the first bulletin of the ""Gallery of living art"", department of painting acquisitions at the University of New York. This bulletin, presenting the gallery's very last purchases: two canvases by Hans Arp, one by Piet Mondrian, one by Joan Miró and the… Read More