XXe Siecle

by SAN LAZZARO, Gualtieri di (editor)

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Paris: Éditions des Chroniques du Jour, March 1938 - 1939. 1re année only, numbers 1-6 in 5 (as issued), quarto. (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches). 22 original woodcuts, lithographs or engravings, numerous illustrations in colours and black and white. Original wrappers, the upper covers printed in three colours, all contained within a single blue cloth box, with morocco lettering-piece to 'spine'. A run of the first six issues of this important and influential art periodical, all in excellent condition In addition to the carefully and fully illustrated, informed and informative articles by avant-garde artists, critics, academics and collectors, each issue contains at least one original engraving or lithograph, generally by one of the more important modern artists of the period: No. 1, Mars 1938: 1 original colour lithograph by Jules Pascin ('Le Chaperon Rouge') No. 2, Mai 1938: 1 original colour lithograph chosen by Kurt Seligmann No. 3, Juillet 1938: 6 original woodcuts by Wassily Kandinsky (3 in colour, 3 black-and-white), including three made for 'Klänge.' No. 4, Christmas 1938 (English edition): 8 original engravings (Henri Matisse, Henri Laurens, Jean Miró, Hans Arp, Alberto Magnelli, Giorgio de Chirico, Ossip Zadkine and Helioni, all but the first on coloured paper stock;) 2 coloured lithographs (Marcel Duchamp and Max Bill) No. 5/6, 1939 (English edition): 1 Gino Severini 'Futurist' engraving; 1 original lithograph by Max Ernst on cream/orange paper stock; 1 original engraving by W. Power on light green paper stock; 1 Kandinsky wood-engraving in two colours on cream paper stock. With the exception of a single supplementary issue ('IIe Année Supplement No. 1, 1939' [a special English edition devoted to Sculpture]), no more numbers of this magazine were issued until its revival in 1951. The re-launch was successful and the 'Nouvelle Serie' (nos.1-59) ran from 1951 until 1978.

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