V V V : Poetry, Plastic Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology -

New York: New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Fine. New York: Numbers One to Four (June 1942-February 1944) in three volumes, complete. 4to, original color pictorial wrappers with original designs by Ernst, Duchamp and Matta. Near fine set of this scarce surrealist magazine with chicken wire insert on rear cover of the Double Issue, Two/Three, intact. Very light wear; spine of Volume One faded, thumb crease to right edge of cover. One of the best and most luxurious of the Surrealist periodicals, edited by David Hare with André Breton, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp as editorial advisors. The title is taken from the World War II "V for Victory" but tripled to signify "victory over the forces of aggression. the View around us - the View inside us." Illustrations include color plates, inserts, cut-outs, and some volvelles and other moveable parts. The experimental wire screen (the Twin-Touch Test) is by Frederick Kiesler, avant-garde Austrian architect. Other illustrations by Ernst, de Chirico, Masson, Chagall, Picasso, Duchamp, Lam, Tanguy, Breton and many others. Poetry and prose by William Carlos Williams, André Breton, Claud Levi-Strauss, Robert Motherwell, Alfred Jarry, Apollinaire, Benjamin Peret, et al. The Little Magazine 364: "A genuinely and avowedly surrealist magazine. The contents of the magazine for the most part reflect the eccentricities and ambiguities of the dream mechanism and to reproduce them in the arts.". . Color Pictorial Wrappers. About Fine.. 4to.