Le Film 1914
by Laforge, Lucien
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Clarte, 1922. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Unsettling Dada-esque cartoons to satiric text, mocking the lead-up to the war, the war itself and its aftermath. 4to. Oblong, 25 by 27 cm. Unpaginated, 51 pp. The imagery is blunt and highly economical; its impact is harrowing and disturbing. The images come across deliberately like pieces of a puzzle, with the text written out as if by a very thick nib to look almost like graffiti. Loforge assiduously avoids the pretty and polished as he is portraying the ugly underside of society throughout. His use of long hand to elucidate the imagery is in keeping with what other surrealists were doing at the time. Here and there letters are deliberately dropped from words as if to elude a censor. Heavy age toning, as per the cheap paper that was used. Otherwise, clean. A monumental work of statement art in book form.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004128
- Title
- Le Film 1914
- Author
- Laforge, Lucien
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Clarte
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1922
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- First Edition
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