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Collection of the Société Anonyme: Museum...
Francis Picabia's copy of the first edition of the catalogue of the Collection of the Société Anonyme, presented by Duchamp and Dreier at the time of publication.
£15,000
Picabia, Francis. Dreier, Katherine S., Marcel Duchamp & George Heard HamiltonCollection of the Société...1950
ZLOM. Nové Vydání. (Rupture. New Edition)
The very rare édition de tête of this second edition of 'ZLOM' designed by Karel Teige, signed by Biebl and Teige and with all of Teige's compositions with additional colour heightening by hand.
£12,500
Teige, Karel. Biebl, KonstantinZLOM. Nové Vydání. (Rupture...1928
ONO'S SALES LIST
A scarce example of Yoko Ono's list of works / catalyst for works / work in itself 'ONO'S SALES LIST'.
£2,250
Ono, YokoONO'S SALES LIST1965
'To the Wesleyan People (who attended...
An excellent copy of Yoko Ono's artistic and spiritual catechism, her manifesto of being and creating.
£4,500
Ono, Yoko'To the Wesleyan People...1966
Pleine Marge
An exceptional copy of the very scarce exile Surrealist broadside 'Pleine Marge' with Breton's original manuscript for the poem.
£9,500
Seligmann, Kurt. Breton, AndréPleine Marge1943
'Manifestation SIC' du 24 Juin 1917...
The catalogue / announcement issued for the first - and sole performance in his lifetime - of Guillaume Apollinaire's drama, the first Surrealist production, 'Les Mamelles de Tirésias'.
£1,250
Sic. (Sons. Idées. Couleurs. Formes.). Pablo Picasso & Henri Matisse. Albert-Birot, Pierre, Max Jacob, Pierre Reverdy, Jean Cocteau & Guillaume Apollinaire'Manifestation SIC' du 24...1917
Surréalisme - la machine de vos...
A superb original collaborative Surrealist double-sided collage signed by Max Ernst and Georges Hugnet - two of the most remarkable, original and productive practitioners of the technique - and presented to Noel Armand.
£10,000
Ernst, Max and Georges HugnetSurréalisme - la machine...6 Avril 1934
Oh Sensibility! 2
The very rare portfolio of original photographs documenting the Aktionist performance 'Oh Sensibility!'.
£12,500
Muehl, OttoOh Sensibility! 21970
Les Invendables. Quarante Oeuvres Invendables de...
A presentation copy of the deluxe issue of Man Ray's catalogue with the original signed collage.
£3,500
Man RayLes Invendables. Quarante Oeuvres...1969
Personnages de Comédie
A very fine copy of this delightful collaboration between two Art Deco masters: Georges Barbier and François-Louis Schmied.
£8,500
Barbier, Georges. Albert FlamentPersonnages de Comédie1922
Kubin's first independent publication, and also the first publication by Hans von Weber.
Kubin, AlfredFünfzehn Facsimiledrucke1903
£2,250
Differentes vues de quelques Restes de...
The first edition, printed and published in Rome, of Piranesi's final - and very scarce - work on Paestum, in-plano and in an extraordinary contemporary Italian binding.
£75,000
Piranesi, Giovanni BattistaDifferentes vues de quelques...1778
The very early and rare document on the Zero Group and New Realism together with the invitation to the vernissage.
Zero GroupMotion in Vision /...1959
£2,750
DADA SOULÈVE TOUT.  DADA connaît...
A very fine example, never folded, of this scarce, iconoclastic and blasphemous dada manifesto, an excellent specimen of dada typography.
£5,000
Dada. Tzara, Tristan, Edgar Varèse, Philippe Soupault, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Man Ray, Max Ernst et alDADA SOULÈVE TOUT. ...1921, 12 Janvier
The International Surrealist Exhibition. Thursday, June...
Gaston Ferdière's presentation copy of the scarce catalogue for the ambitious and highly influential International Surrealist Exhibition held in London in 1936 signed by a number of the participants.
£3,000
Surrealism. Breton, André (Preface) and Herbert Read (Introduction)The International Surrealist Exhibition...1936
Poésie de Mots Inconnus
A very fine copy of Iliazd's typographic masterpiece of visual, phonetic and sound poetry, preserved, as intended, unbound.
£35,000
IliazdPoésie de Mots Inconnus1949
Honneur aux Valeurs Sauvages
A very fine copy of the printed version of Dubuffet's speech - a powerful articulation of Art Brut - written for the exhibition 'Cinq Petits Inventeurs de la Peinture' in 1951.
£1,750
Dubuffet, JeanHonneur aux Valeurs Sauvages1951
Repraesentatio Belli, ab successionem in Regno...
An exceptional copy of Decker’s very rare suite of engravings – here in-plano and with exceptional additional colouring and highlighting in gilt by hand – illustrating the battles of the War of the Spanish Succession.
£65,000
Decker, Paul the Elder, Paul Decker the Younger, Abraham Drentwett the Elder et alRepraesentatio Belli, ab successionem...c.1715
Fan Design: Two female nudes
A signed Charles H.
£1,800
Shannon, Charles HaslewoodFan Design: Two female...1905. c.1905–1910
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure...
The first edition, first issue, completely unsophisticated, of Thomas Hardy's tragic novel of love, redemption and loss.
£2,750
Hardy, ThomasTess of the d'Urbervilles:...1891
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