F. Götz, Karel Teige, and Jaroslav Seifert, editors.

[CZECH AVANT-GARDE AND MODERN ART] Host: měsičník pro moderní kulturu, ročník [Guest: a monthly journal of modern culture], vols. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (all published).

Přerov and Prague: Hranice-Václav Petr, 1922–1929. Octavos and quartos (21 × 17 to 28.5 × 19.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 24 pp. each, beginning with vol. III consecutive pagination: 228, 312, 271 and 226 pp. Many issues with illustrations in the text and on separate plates. Very good, save for three issues with wear to wrappers; vol. II, no. 1 lacks a fragment of the front wrapper. Item #54192

Complete run of this important Czech journal of the interwar literary and artistic avant-garde, in the original wrappers, with frequent illustrations and bold typographic design. Issued by Literární skupina, an association of Czech writers that closely identified with Expressionism. Like the avant-garde group Devětsil – based around such figures as Karel Teige, Jaroslav Seifert, and Adolf Hoffmeister – the movement sought to unite the young creative minds of the newly formed Czechoslovak Republic. The two groups collaborated, but often disagreed, and their exchanges can be traced throughout this key publication of Czech modernist culture. In design and content, the journal became particularly interesting beginning with vol. IV, which was edited by Seifert and Teige themselves, who shifted the outlook to the international avant-garde. The contributions include important theoretical articles on topics such as Constructivism, Dada, Soviet Art, Surrealism, film aesthetics; poetry and prose by Biebl, Hoffmeister, Nezval, Seifert, Wolker and others; and translations of Apollinaire, Borges, Cendrars, Cocteau, Goll, Khlebnikov and others. The illustrations show works by Altman, Archipenko, Gropius, Kubišta, Larionov, Lissitzky, Malevich, Rodchenko, Teige, Zadkin and many others, as well as numerous advertisements for key Czech avant-garde publications.

Rare complete, especially in all original wrappers.

Price: €3,500.00

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