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

Quarto 29.5x19.5 cm., wrappers, (126) pp. Published by the Association of Architecture Students at the Warsaw University of Technology, A possible annual from the school divided in three parts; Architecture, graphic design, painting and photography, and various aspects of competitions, awards, special mentions and life of students in the school. It features projects for large scale, commercial, residential buildings and… Read more about this item

Krakow: Gebethner i Wolff, 1922 Duodecimo, wrappers, 40pp. A short one-act play (The Jackass and the Sun in Metamorphosis. A Burglar from Better Society). Tytus Czyzewski (1880-1945) co-founded the Formisci in 1917 in Kraków and co-edited the journal with Winkler. He exhibited paintings from 1906 and became involved with early modernist experiments before World War I, in both Expressionist writing… Read more about this item

Scarce, important Polish interwar periodical of the arts Quarto 24x17 cm., original wrappers in cloth, 656pp. Skamander was one of the most important literary journals of interwar Poland. It appeared from 1920-28 and 1935-39. Five leading poets composed the core of the editorial team: Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, Jan Lechon, Julian Twim, Antoni Slonimski, Kazimiersz Wierzynski. In the initial period, the magazine's profile… Read more about this item

Krakow: Gazetki, 1934 Large quarto 33x20.5 cm., wrappers, 12pp. A student publication employing constructivist covr design and unusual format. The articles are by gymnasium students and touch on book and movie reviews, political and literary topics. Rare, with no library holdings found outside of National Library of Poland holding three numbers. A definite curiosity.

Warsaw: Auriga, 1985 Quarto, cloth, 96pp. A catalogue of paintings and drawings, totalling 108 entries, all illustrated, of works by Witkiewicz from 1908 to 1913 that were lost but recorded in his own photographs, with notations often detailing elements around the works, including biographical comments and opinions. Witkacy took hundreds of photos of his work, most of which were lost… Read more about this item

Krakow: Fala, 1921 Octavo 19.5x13.5, wrappers, 90pp. Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) nomme de vie Witkacy, was a visionary painter, photographer, playwright, novelist. and philosopher. The present work, The Tumor of Brainowicz, is his first published drama, which lasted for two performances in his lifetime. This and his five other dystopian plays had a decisive impact on Polish theater in the… Read more about this item

Moravska Ostrava: Ladislav Elias, 1930 Quarto 26x21.5 cm., stiff wrappers, 28(6)pp. Bibliophile work on handmade paper, numbered 3 in an edition of 5 copies. Six poems translated into Czech by Otto Babler of the poet Emil Zegadlowicz and published in commemoration for his visit to Czechoslovakia in the previous year. Zegadlowicz (1888-1941) was a famed poet, novelist, translator and co-founder… Read more about this item

Krakow: Gebethner i Wolff, 1922 Octavo, wrappers, 39 (2) pages. One of Czyzewski's major publications, released at the culmination point in Polish Futurism. Czyzewski was one of the chief participants in the Formyzm movement which was centered in Krakow, a protagonist in both poetry and painting. His futurism was more Italian than Russian, with emphasis on the machine and irrationality,… Read more about this item