Illustrated catalog of (primarily) rare and out-of-print books and ephemera pertaining to the DaDa and Surrealist art movements from the famed New York City bookstore Ex Libris, self-published in 1986. Ex Libris Rare Books was founded in 1973 by artist and graphic designer Elaine Lustig Cohen and her husband, the publisher and literary critic Arthur A. Cohen. The Lustig-Cohens were among the first American dealers in European and Russian avant-garde books and periodicals, issuing catalogues devoted to Surrealism and Dada, Bauhaus, Constructivism and Futurism, German Expressionism, Masters of Design, etc. These catalogs stand as important reference tools for scholars and collectors of the Modern Movement in the visual arts, replete with information including 1970's-1980's price points. The present item features 521 entries for artists including Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Pierre Bonnard, Victor Brauner, Andre Breton, Leonora Carrington, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Giorgio De Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Hoch, Richard Huelsenbeck, Georges Hugnet, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Meret Oppenheimer, Benjamin Peret, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Kurt Seligmann, Rufino Tamayo, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, and Tristan Tzara. 8vo (8” x 10”), pictorial wrappers, 62 unnumbered pages, b/w illustrations. Cataloging by Trevor Winkfeld and graphic design by Tamar Cohen. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
Illustrated catalog of (primarily) rare and out-of-print books and ephemera pertaining to the DaDa and Surrealist art movements from the famed New York City bookstore Ex Libris, self-published in 1986. Ex Libris Rare Books was founded in 1973 by artist and graphic designer Elaine Lustig Cohen and her husband, the publisher and literary critic Arthur A. Cohen. The Lustig-Cohens were among the first American dealers in European and Russian avant-garde books and periodicals, issuing catalogues devoted to Surrealism and Dada, Bauhaus, Constructivism and Futurism, German Expressionism, Masters of Design, etc. These catalogs stand as important reference tools for scholars and collectors of the Modern Movement in the visual arts, replete with information including 1970's-1980's price points. The present item features 521 entries for artists including Jean Arp, Hans Bellmer, Pierre Bonnard, Victor Brauner, Andre Breton, Leonora Carrington, Jean Cocteau, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Giorgio De Chirico, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Hannah Hoch, Richard Huelsenbeck, Georges Hugnet, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Meret Oppenheimer, Benjamin Peret, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Kurt Seligmann, Rufino Tamayo, Yves Tanguy, Dorothea Tanning, and Tristan Tzara. 8vo (8” x 10”), pictorial wrappers, 62 unnumbered pages, b/w illustrations. Cataloging by Trevor Winkfeld and graphic design by Tamar Cohen. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities.
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