EX LIBRIS 13
EL LISSITZKY, SCHWITTERS, TSCHICHOLD, WERKMAN, ZWART
Arthur A. and Elaine Lustig Cohen
Arthur A. and Elaine Lustig Cohen: EX LIBRIS 13: EL LISSITZKY, SCHWITTERS, TSCHICHOLD, WERKMAN, ZWART. New York: Ex Libris, 1985. First edition. Stapled printed thick wrappers. 24 pp. Illustrated catalog of 168 items for sale. Cover design by Tamar Cohen. Catalog design and typography by Elaine Lustig Cohen. A fine copy.
8 x 10 well-illustrated catalogue with 168 items for sale. 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?
- El Lissitzky: items 1-28
- Kurt Schwitters: items 29-100
- Jan Tschichold: item 101-129
- H. N. Werkman: items 130-157
- Piet Zwart: items 158-168
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.