Czech Avant-garde from Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books

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Octavo 16x10 cm., original wrappers, 60 pp. Cover design and frontis by Alois Wachsman (1908-1942). An early Devětsil item. Ivan Suk (given name Josef Suchánek, 1901-1958) wrote under a few pseudonyms for poetry and novels; he also worked in the judiciary and he reported on the Nuremberg trials in 1945-46. Both he and Wachsman were among the first Devětsil members.… Read more about this item

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Symbol, Rebus, Pismeno

by August Tschinkel

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First

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1937

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Octavo 21 x 15 cm, wrappers, (22) pp., edition of 500. In striking black and white pictographs, the author explores the use of symbols and runes in various historical cultures, and how symbol, rebus and letter impact and inform consciousness and communication. This work is a hallmark of modern graphic design. Tschinkel (1905-1983) is highly renowned in Czech and German… Read more about this item

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VÝTVARNÁ VÝCHOVA. Sborník pro užité umění, kreslení a zrakovou výchovu.

by Josef Vydra, Ladislav Sutnar, Karel Herain, eds.

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1935-1944

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Oblong octavo 15x21 cm., four numbers per year. Vytvarna Vychova (Art Education, Anthology of Artwork, Design and Visual Training) was a series of books issued from 1935 to 1944 in four numbers per year. Every cover had the same design format. Generally each number holds 56 pages of instructions, lessons, and discussion of art and design principles, with copious illustrations… Read more about this item

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TRIBUNA LITERÁRNÍ A UMĚLECKÁ. Ročník I

by Josef Kodicek, ed.

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1924

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Large quarto 31.5x24 cm., original wrappers 144pp. A short-lived arts & literary weekly which went from 1 January to 19 April of 1924 in 17 numbers, with a final Christmas number issued as well. The current offering consists of Nos. 1-2, 4-7, 9-15, 17 and the final issue, thus 15 of 18 numbers. The editor Josef Kodíček (1892-1954) was an… Read more about this item

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STYL. Měsičník pro architekturu, umělecké řemeslo, u úpravu měst. revue mensuelle d´architecture, des arts apliqués et d´esthétique de ville.

by Zdeněk Wirth, Otakar Novotný, Pavel Janák, Vilém Dvořák, Bohumil Hübschmann, inter alia, eds.s.

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First

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1908-1938

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Quartos, generally 30x23 cm., bound and in wrappers, various paginations. Editors include Zdeněk Wirth, Otokar Novotný, Pavel Janák, Vilém Dvořák inter alia. All the editorial staff throughout its life were working architects. From its inception, Styl was a major architecture and design journal, engaging the pioneering architects of the Secessionist and Czech Cubist period through Rondo-cubism, experimental trials and into… Read more about this item

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Signboard for Gersaint

by Jiri Kolar

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1966

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Loose in paper folio cover

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Quarto 24x17.5 cm., wrapper folio (10) 30 plates of typewritten poetic improvisations, each dedicated to a particular artist from Albers to Wols. Visual poetry, nondiscursive calligraphics. Plates loose as issued. Includes a biography and list of exhbitions. This copy very good+ to near fine.

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Koráby v hlubokých očích [Ships in Deep Eyes].

by Vilém Szpyk

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1931

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Cover and four illustrated plates by Václav Vrbský. Vilem Szpyk (1902-1939) was an original talent, a Czech modernist who worked with photomontage poetry and was loosely associated with surrealism. Vrbsky (1895-1970) worked in a variety of media, led the Czech and Viennese Artists Association in the 1930s, and known primarily for his work as a teacher., Inspired by Poetism and… Read more about this item

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OSVOBOZENÍ PRAHY.(Liberated Prague)

by (Otakar Vavra)

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1945

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A large pamphlet announcing the film "Liberated Prague," directed by Otakar Vávra. Vávra (1911-2011) was a renowned film director, screenplay author and teacher who enjoyed a long career from 1934, producing films under several regimes until 2003. As a communist party member he easily embraced the party line, which has tarnished his reputation. This film, released in the heady days… Read more about this item

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1928 JUBILEJNÍ VÝSTAVA ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ KULTURY V BRNĚ 1928

by Jiří Kroha

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1928

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[The 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition of Czechoslovak Culture in Brno 1928]. Octavo 15x9.5 cm., with 20 photogravure plates of exteriors and interiors of this nation-edifying exhibition in the summer of 1928. A souvenir booklet consisting of superb shots of the fair's modernist structures designed by architect Jiří Kroha (1893-1974). Kroha is esteemed as a foremost exponent of Czech Functionalism. With… Read more about this item

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OTVORTE OKNA (Open the Window)

by Jozef Dumin-Tomasik

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First

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Octavo 21x14.5 cm., wrappers, 71(4) pp. 550 copies. Jozef Choman cover, illustrations and book design. The cover is a nice biomorphic abstraction, unusual for this date. Author Duman-Tomasik (1900-1937) was a leftist poet who contributed to Slovak journals before his untimely death. This work is posthumous, published by his estate in wartime. Worldcat locates two North American holdings, both at… Read more about this item

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SLOVENSKÁ NADREALISTICKÁ POEZIA.

by Milos Tomcik, ed.

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1949

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Quarto 24x19 cm., wrappers, 38(3) pp. 1000 copies. An examination of and dissertation on Surrealist poetry in Slovak, all from the interwar era. The book was confiscated and copies were destroyed in the 1950s by the State. Tomcik (1922-2009) was a renowned literary scholar. Quite rare. OCLC locates copies in Europe (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Univ Sachsen-Anhalt, PNL) only.

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ČERVEN. Tendenční ctrnáctidennik. Nové umění – Přiroda – Technická doba – Socialismus- Svoboda.

by S.K. Neumann, Josef Čapek, Václav Špála, eds.

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1918

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Original wrappers

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Červen was a journal founded by the Tvrdošíjní (Obstinate Ones) group of leading modernist painters in Prague. They exhibited together in a show organized by the writer Stanislav K. Neumann in 1918, in the heady days of the First Republic. Cubism as an avant-garde was undergoing a shift from abstraction to Primitivism. Artists and writers allied together in this legendary… Read more about this item

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POKROKY PRUMISLU V XX. STOLETÍ (Advances in Industry in the 20th Century)

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1st Edition

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1932

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Soft cover

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Prague: Vladimir Orel, 1932 Quarto 27x19 cm., wrappers, 595 pages. Volume V of the series, DVACÁTÉ STOLETÍ CO DALO LIDSTVU, Výsledky práce lidstva XX. veku.Book features many excellent illustrations of early 20th century innovations in technology. Stunning photomontage cover credited to Jindrich Kucera but most likely designed by Vojtech Tittelbach. The book is richly illustrated with photos, charts and texts… Read more about this item

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Kuriosní Revue Roc. I, 1-4.

by Hruska, E.A. ed.

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1st Edition

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1925

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Soft cover

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Prague: Karel Zink, 1925 Octavo (19.2 x 14.5 cm, 7-1/2 x 6-3/8 in.), wrappers, 32, 24, 52pp., issues 1-4 of Year I (all published), edition of 222 numbered copies for each issue. Contributors include Josef Váchal, Anna Macková, Emmerich Alois Hruka, Broz, etc., with original woodcuts and linocuts, full-page and vignettes, and literary contributions by the artists and friends. Includes… Read more about this item

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Axism Buletin Brno 1926

by František Koukal, Jaroslav Kopa, Zdenek Vašek, Antonín Škarka, eds

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1st Edition

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1926

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Soft cover

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Brno: Literární Sdružení Klub OSA, 1926 Quarto 23.5x15.5 cm., wrappers. Issues B and C (all published), 32pp. Extremely scarce avant-garde literary journal issued by the OSA Literary and Art Association at Brno University. Editorial group consisted of František Koukal, Jaroslav Kopa, Zdenek Vašek; international members included Edouard Stavinoha and the literary scholar Antonín Škarka (1906-1979) who is the most renowned… Read more about this item

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Mladého Flauberta zápisky z cest. Four original woodcuts by Josef Vachal.

by Gustave Flaubert, S.K. Neumann, Josef Váchal

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1912

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Hardcover

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Octavo 18.5x14.5 cm., cloth, 88pp. Edition of 300 copies. Three early texts by Flaubert, with afterword by Stanislav K. Neumann. Notebooks of the young Flaubert from his travels, with four full-page original woodcuts and a vignette by Váchal, in a handsome bibliofile edition. Váchal offers images of exotic nudes and a portrait to illustrate the adventurous text. This is early… Read more about this item

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A zatím co válka. Sbornik. (And in the Meatime War)

by Václav Zykmund, ed.

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1st Edition

Published

1946

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Soft cover

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Brno: Edice Ra (Rovnost), 1946 Large octavo 21x15 cm., wrappers, 61(4)pp. Cover and book design by Vaclav Zykmund. A colloquium of writings and art by the postwar surrealist group Ra. In the brief era following the liberation and restoration of Czechoslovakia and before the communist takeover, there was an upsurge of experiment and pioneering in the arts and literature. The… Read more about this item

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Karneval. Romaneto

by Nezval, Vitezslav

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Used - Very Good

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1st Edition

Published

1926

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Soft cover

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Prague: Odeon, 1926 Octavo, wrappers, 104pp. Cover design by "A. Don" (generally acknowledged to be a pseudonym for Jindrich Styrsky), with the title page design by Karel Teige and Otakar Mrkvicka. One of the delights of the Devetsil era, Karneval, a novelette, was Nezval's first substantial prose effort. The black and white photomontage with the red lettering on the cover… Read more about this item

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Klani a porubani. Nevázané my lenky v reci vázané. (Jousting and Butchery. Loose thoughts in bound speech).

by Jaroslav (Jaroslav Vojtech)

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Used - Fine

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1st Edition

Published

1945

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Soft cover

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v Risi: Dobra Snaha, 1945 12mo 15.6x12 cm., stiff wrappers, 48 [3] pp. Cover and illustrations by Franti ek Bidlo. Vojtech (1922-2003) was an editor and translator, social and political critic. Published during the waning days of the Reich, most likely after the imprisonment of Bidlo, who had illustrated Vojtech's other anti-Nazi epigrams published during the protectorate. Here Bidlo provides… Read more about this item

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Mesice. Verse.

by Rous, Josef (Richard Brun illus)

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Used - Fine

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1st Edition

Published

1931

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Hardcover

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