EX LIBRIS 11
Arthur A. and Elaine Lustig Cohen
Cohen, Arthur A. and Elaine Lustig: EX LIBRIS 11. New York: Ex Libris, 1983. First edition. Slim quarto. Photographically printed wrappers. Unpaginated. 380 cataloged items for sale. A fine, uncirculated catalog.
8 x 10 well-illustrated catalogue with 380 items for sale, assembled for the Tenth Antiquarian Book Fair, The Park Lane Hotel, London. A very useful reference volume and sought-after artifact from Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen's legendary bookstore Ex-Libris.
Ex-Libris catalogues have proven themselves to be a consistently invaluable reference for folks interested in 20th-Century Modernism and the related art movements of the Bauhaus, Futurism, Dada & Surrealism, Avant-Garde, Graphic Design, Architecture, Theater, Poster Design, Expressionism, Modern American and European Art Movements, and any other ISM that might tickle your fancy. But if you've read this far, you already knew that, didn't you? Contents:
- Guillaume Apollinaire: items 1-8
- Architecture: items 9-35
- The Armory Show and Early american Modernism: item 35
- The Bauhaus: items 36-58
- DaDa: items 59-100
- Dance, Film, Theatre: items 101-113
- De Stijl and Dutch Art: items 114-132
- Jean Dubuffett: items 133-139
- Max Ernst Illustrated Books: items 140-150
- Futurism: items 151-168
- German Expressionism: items 169-183
- Illustrated Books: items 184-217
- Alfred Jarry: items 218-222
- Major Movements of 20th-Century Art: items 223-246
- Periodicals: items 247-274
- Photography: items 275-298
- Posters and Poster Reference: items 299-317
- Primitive Art: items 318-323
- Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde: items 324-350
- Surrealism: items 351-373
- Wiener Wekstatte: items 374-380
Including period examples of printed material and graphic documentation related to typography, poster design, reviews, brochures, books, photographs etc etc by some of the leading artists of the movement and it's influences including Aragon, Hans Arp, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Eluard, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, Hugnet, Huelsenbeck, Jarry, Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Van Doesburg, Piet Zwart, Man Ray, Rodchenko, El Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, Walter Gropius, Herbert Bayer and many others.
Ex Libris Rare Books was founded in 1973 by Elaine Lustig-Cohen and her husband Arthur A. Cohen (1928-1986). She was a graphic designer of no small renown, and he was a theologian, novelist, art and literary critic, who wrote extensively on Modern Art. The couple dealt in important and rare printed material and graphic documentation of International 20th-Century art. Much of their early inventory is now in Museums and international private collections. Many items that in these illustrated catalogues are impossible to find today, making these catalogues invaluable to collectors, dealers and scholars alike. They remain exceptional research tools overflowing with important objects and information, include scholarly listings, descriptions, photographs and (1980's) prices of all kinds of early 20th-Century ephemera including posters, letterheads, magazines, reviews, brochures, books, stationery, correspondence, posters, advertisements and much more. You have been warned.