Salvo for Russia. A Limited Edition of New Poems, Etchings and Engravings Produced in Aid of the Comforts Fund for Women and Children of Soviet Russia
Cunard, Nancy and John Banting (Eds.)
(London). (Privately Printed). 1942. 1942
Nancy Cunard's very scarce and early Surrealist portfolio, a centrepiece of English Surrealism.
From the edition limited to 100 copies (it is likely that an additional 4 hors commerce copies were also issued), with each of the original prints signed and numbered by the relevant artists.
Published by Nancy Cunard as 'a limited edition of new poems, etchings and engravings' to raise money for the 'Comforts Fund for Women and Children of Soviet Russia' after the invasion by the Germans, this is one of the very few British purely Surrealist publications and very similar in format and production to the two portfolios 'Solidarité' (Paris, 1938) and 'Fraternity' (London, 1939) issued in support of the Spanish Government during the Spanish Civil War. The portfolio was edited by Cunard and John Banting (it features his only etching) and includes John Piper's first published engraving.
The contributing artists were John Banting ('The Spirit of Appeasement'), John Piper ('Derelict House', here untitled), Mary Wykeham ('Attack'), C. Salisbury ('Iceland' and dated '42'), Julian Trevelyan ('Soldier'), Geza Szobel ('Horse', here untitled), Dolf Rieser ('Bird', here untitled),John Buckland Wright ('Combat'), Roland Penrose ('Antique Statue', here untitled, engraved by Buckland Wright and signed by both artists) and Ithell Colquhoun ('Zodiac'). As noted above, the four poems, each untitled, are by Nancy Cunard, Cecily Mackworth, James Law Forsyth and James Findlay Hendry.
[dada and Surrealism Reviewed 14:60].
From the edition limited to 100 copies (it is likely that an additional 4 hors commerce copies were also issued), with each of the original prints signed and numbered by the relevant artists.
Published by Nancy Cunard as 'a limited edition of new poems, etchings and engravings' to raise money for the 'Comforts Fund for Women and Children of Soviet Russia' after the invasion by the Germans, this is one of the very few British purely Surrealist publications and very similar in format and production to the two portfolios 'Solidarité' (Paris, 1938) and 'Fraternity' (London, 1939) issued in support of the Spanish Government during the Spanish Civil War. The portfolio was edited by Cunard and John Banting (it features his only etching) and includes John Piper's first published engraving.
The contributing artists were John Banting ('The Spirit of Appeasement'), John Piper ('Derelict House', here untitled), Mary Wykeham ('Attack'), C. Salisbury ('Iceland' and dated '42'), Julian Trevelyan ('Soldier'), Geza Szobel ('Horse', here untitled), Dolf Rieser ('Bird', here untitled),John Buckland Wright ('Combat'), Roland Penrose ('Antique Statue', here untitled, engraved by Buckland Wright and signed by both artists) and Ithell Colquhoun ('Zodiac'). As noted above, the four poems, each untitled, are by Nancy Cunard, Cecily Mackworth, James Law Forsyth and James Findlay Hendry.
[dada and Surrealism Reviewed 14:60].
[Bifolium + 10 unnumbered leaves]. 8vo. (230 x 174 mm). Two leaves (a single bifolium) of text with four poems recto and verso by Cecily Mackworth, James Law Forsyth, J. F. Hendry and Nancy Cunard and 10 original engravings on laid paper with the watermark 'Han Made' by various artists (see below), each signed and numbered by the relevant artist in pencil; sheet size: 225 x 162 mm. Sheets irregularly trimmed retaining deckle edges as usual, occasional minor spots and toning to sheet edges. Loose as issued in the original publisher's red cloth-backed grey board portfolio with blue printed title label to front cover, black silk ties.
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