Sims Reed Rare Books

Expressionism & Bauhaus

BARLACH. Schult, Friedrich (introduction).

Ernst Barlach. Ubungen der Leichten Hand. Dreiundvierzig figurliche Entwurfe.

Dresden. 1965. Folio. Introductory text. With 43 figure drawings by Barlach in facsimile on 19 plates. Loose as issued in cloth-backed portfolio. Portfolio slightly rubbed, otherwise vg.

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ref: 38359

ITTEN.

Frau Agathe und allen meinen Schülern gewidmet. Erster Daidalos-Druck.

Vienna. Richard Lanyi. 1919. Folio. Title plate with colophon on verso, list of plates, and 10 original lithographs by Johannes Itten. Total of twelve loose sheets as issued.

Edition limited to 225 copies.
Complete set of one of the earliest of Itten's printed works. The work's title is honouring one of his important pupils at school, Agathe Mark-Kornfeld.
[Ref. - Anneliese Itten 157-168. Mentha 299-310].

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ref: 30576

JAHRESMAPPE. Der Gesellschaft fur Vervielfaltigende Kunst in Wien.

Vienna. Aus der kaiserlich-koniglichen Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Wien. 1898 - 1921. Large folio (46 x 58 cm). A collection of 117 original prints (lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, linocuts &c.), many of which are coloured, issued in various sizes and on various paper stock. Original publisher's printed card portfolios, boxed.

A fine set of the Austrian 'Jahresmappe' which continued publication until 1931. The publication was ... (more)

£9,500
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ref: 22873

KOKOSCHKA.

Oskar Kokoschka. Zwanzig Zeichnungen.

Berlin. Der Sturm. 1913. Folio. Title leaf & list of plates. With 20 plates reproducing early ... (more)

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ref: 39892

MARCKS.

MARCKS.

Das Wielandslied der aelteren Edda.

Munchen-Weimar. Bauhaus-Verlag. 1923. 4to. pp. (4). With 10 original woodcuts by Gerhard Marcks, each initialled and dated in pencil. Loose as issued in publisher's vellum-backed boards.

From the edition limited to 110 numbered copies. It wasn't until after World War I that Marcks ... (more)

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ref: 19681

MARSYAS.

MARSYAS.

MARSYAS. Steinzeichnungen furs Deutsche Volk. Eine Zweimonatsschrift herausgegeben von Theodor Tagger. Erstes Heft, Juli/August 1917 - Sechstes Heft, Sommer 1919. [All Published].

Berlin. Verlag Heinrich Hochstim. 1917 - 1919. 6 issues in 2 vols. Folio. Printed title in red ... (more)

One of 35 édition de tête copies on Kaiserlisch and Strathmore Japan paper from a total edition of ... (more)

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ref: 38163

Munchner Blatter fur Dichtung und Graphik. [All published].

Munchen. Georg Muller. 1919. 12 issues in 11. 4to. pp. 192. Illustrated with 56 (mostly full page ... (more)

A complete set of this scarce literary and artistic periodical. As well as numerous original ... (more)

£2,800
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ref: 22786

STURM-BUHNE. Jahrbuch des Theaters der Expressionisten. Erste - Achte Folge. [All published].

Berlin. Verlag Der Sturm. January 1918-October 1919. Folio. 8 issues, each 4 pp. Presented in modern black cloth drop-back box.

Edited by Herwarth Walden & Lothar Schreyer. A complete set of this extremely rare and very ... (more)

£2,500
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ref: 25280

TELEHOR. The International review, the New Vision. Supplement (all published).

Brno, Czechoslavakia. Kalivoda. 1936. 4to. pp. 133. With 69 photographs, photograms, and film-clips by Moholy-Nagy, of which 9 are in colour. Spiral bound with "1. moholy-nagy" in white on black. Wrappers detached, with chipping and minor loss to edges.

This copy has a SIGNED INSCRIPTION by Moholy-Nagy on the title page, 'Herbert Matter / herrlichst ... (more)

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ref: 35121

ZIJEME. Obrazkovy magazin dnesni doby. (Years 1 & 2). [TOGETHER WITH:] Magazin DP - Rocnik I - IV 1933 - 1937. [All Published].

Prague. Prometheus. 1931 - 1937. 6 vols. 4to. (Zijeme - First Year: Issues 1 - 12; Second Year ... (more)

A complete set of Zijeme and its continuation Magazin DP. Complete sets of both magazines are ... (more)

£3,500
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ref: 28790


Artists' Illustrated Books
Artists' Illustrated Books

Our collection of Artists' Illustrated Books is extensive, including many classic livres d'artistes from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, by such artists as Picasso, Miro, Chagall, Kandinsky, Hockney, and many more. Our material is international and covers many artistic schools, including Dada, Surrealism, Art Nouveau, German Expressionism, Russian Avant-Garde and Bauhaus.