1 - 246 from DADA to COBRA - WORKS FROM THE LIBRARY of ALDO and HANNIE VAN EYCK
= In 1932 Paul Schuitema, who was a member of the architect-group "De Opbouw", created a basic design for the magazine and other designers could then fill in the rest of the cover. Fanelli 231; Maan, Paul Schuitema, p.64.
- Lacks the print by Georges Vantongerloo. Textleaf badly foxed; portfolio partly yellowed and dam. at foot of spine.
= Contains (col.) prints in various techniques by Hans ARP (repaired w. sellotape on fold (not affecting the print), the other half of the leaf (w. the signature) foxed), Max BILL (the blank half of the leaf foxed; the print only sl. affected), Sonia DELAUNAY, César DOMELA (yellowed), Wassily KANDINSKY (verso foxed), Leo LEUPPI, Richard Paul LOHSE, Alberto MAGNELLI and Sophie TAEUBER-ARP (torn on fold; the print tipped onto paper mount). All prints numb. and signed in pencil (except for Kandinsky, Delaunay and Domela, which are signed in print) and 2 prints (by Bill and Leuppi) dated "42" in pencil. The short introd. texts are by H. Arp, A. Magnelli, W. Kandinsky and M. Bill.
- Without no.1. A few wr.partly sl. sunned/ yellowed.
= Rare, near complete set of bulletins published by the 'Galerie des Eaux vives', a special gallery for concrete painting. Contains: (2). 2 plates by R. Gessner and C. Graeser, both signed in pencil, (cyclostyled) wr. by M. Bill; (3). 2 plates by L. Leuppi (signed in pencil) and M. Huber, wr. by Hansegger; (4). 2 plates by L. Erzinger and V. Löwensberg, both signed in pencil, wr. by Hansegger; (5). 2 plates by J. Salvado, both signed in pencil, and a loosely inserted sm. print by D. Graf, signed in pencil, wr. by H. Gantenbein; (6). special commemorative issue on S. Taeuber-Arp, w. 2 prints by S. Taeuber-Arp and by H. Arp (signed in pencil), wr. by H. Arp; (7). 2 plates by L. Erzinger and P. Heuer, both signed in pencil, wr. by C. Graeser; (8). special commemorative issue on W. Kandinsky, w. 3 reprod. plates (incl. wr.); (9/10). 2 plates by Z. Kemeny (1x signed in pencil) and 2 plates by J. Kohler, wr. by V. Loewensberg; (11). 2 plates by M. Bill and R.P. Lohse, wr. by M. Huber; (12). 3 plates (incl. wr.) by O. Tschumi (1x signed in pencil). Le Fonds Paul Destribats 448.
- Bookblock loose; sl. yellowed. Verso of wr. sl. foxed.
= One of 30 numb. copies (no."09"). Slagter p.25. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle: [printed: Les poupées de [ms. addition: "Otto"] Dixmude] "ou un vieux rêve fatigué d'un très ancien jeune-homme que je ne connais plus. a Aldo, avec toute mon amitié, Pierre Alechinsky le 27 V 1965".
- Trifle yellowed/ foxed in outer blank margins. Backwr. sl. soiled; lamination over wr. partly loosening.
= Series Les sentiers de la création 1. With ORIGINAL COLOUR CRAYON DRAWING with signed dedication on first blank: "Pour Aldo, Pour Hanny, évidemment. Pierre, 26 X 1974".
- Sl. yellowed. Covers (dust)soiled and sl. foxed.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "Pour Aldo, avec des amitiés de Pierre. le 12 XI 1966."
- (Sl.) yellowed. Frontwr. loose; wrappers sunned and sl. yellowed along margin; backstrip sunned and sl. dam. at top; bookblock loosening.
= Rare. First edition in book-form; Slagter 5; Jacobs a.o. 5. Copy from the unnumb. printrun (besides 120 numb. copies). With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on htitle by both artist ("Pour Aldo van Eyck, amicalement. Pierre Alechinsky 17 XII 50") and author ("ook voor Aldo van Eyck. Hugo Claus").
= With an ORIGINAL DRAWING in red and green ballpoint BY Pierre ALECHINSKY on p.26, with use of the printed illustration and with incorporated AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION SIGNED: "Bonjour Quinten. 7, VI 61 Alechinsky".
AND an exhibition catalogue on the same by the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum (Eindh., 1963, ills., col. lithogr. wr., 4to).
- Some vague foxing.
= The text i.a. comprises a long poem ("in beautiful, brutal Ting's English") that Walasse Ting dedicated to Alechinsky. With AUTOGRAPH MONOGRAMMED DEDICATION by Pierre ALECHINSKY, incoporated in a small drawing in red ballpoint: "Bonjour Aldo, dommage que "l'oeil' soit souvent borgne. Ton ami P."
Pierre Alechinsky. Aquarelle und Tuschzeichnungen. Munich, Galerie Van de Loo, 1961, (16)p., 6 full-p. and 1 double-p. col. lithogr. ills., monochr. ills., orig. wr., sm. 4to.
- Wrappers foxed/ soiled and yellowed. = Text by Chr. Dotremont.
= The catalogue for the third Pierre Alechinsky one man show at Lefebre Gallery, April 13 to May 8, 1965. Contains the transcript of a conversation between Pierre Alechinsky and Jacques Putnam.
Alechinsky. Copenhagen, Galerie Birch, 1964, (16)p., (col.) ills., printed in 1000 numb. copies (this copy no."485"), orig. wr., obl. 8vo.
- Backwr. sl. soiled. = Contains a text by Christian Dotremont in French and Danish.
AND 2 other small exhibition catalogues on the same.
- Sl. foxed.
= With curious AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION in red ballpoint, a new line for each word, w. parallel text in reverse in blue ballpoint: "Pour les deux van Eyck comme toujour leur Pierre Alechinsky [in red ballpoint only:] le 22 sep 1978 Dordrecht".
Que d'encre ...maar inkt. Tekeningen van Pierre Alechinsky in het prentenkabinet van het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Amst., Sted. Mus. cat. no.327, 1963, (16)p., ills., orig. wr., 4to. - AND 2 other small exhibition catalogues on the same. - ADDED: Alechinsky, P. Hoirie Cobra. Caen, l'Echoppe, 1990, (21)p., printed in 1000 copies (950), orig. wr., 12mo.
- Frontwr. stained.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "pour Aldo avec les amitiés de Pierre. le 24 avril 1990".
= Title-p. with a small ORIGINAL DRAWING in blue ballpoint, with incorporated AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION: "Cher Aldo, il y a des années que je te promets "la Pierre et l'oreiller". Je te la promets encore. Patience, Pierre".
AND a small exhibition catogue on the same by Galerie Espace/ Le Miroir d'Encre (Amst.,/ Brussels, 1983), w. AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on verso frontwr.
= "á mon cher collègue* le Professeur Aldo. Pierre 11.12.1983. *pour un an, pas plus".
- Backstrip sl. dam.; upper joint splitting at top; bookblock loosening.
= Rare, early catalogue of the works by Calder. Contains essays by Jean-Paul SARTRE ("Les mobiles de Calder") and James JOHNSON SWEENEY ("Alexander Calder").
- Wrappers sl. soiled/ foxed.
= Text by Max Bill, who also designed this catalog and typeset it all lowercase in Garamond. The backwr. has an advertisiment with an illustration by Max Bill as well. Rare.
- Wrappers soiled/ foxed.
= Contains texts by Leo Leuppi, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Le Corbusier, Richard P. Lohse and Walter J. Moeschlin and listing 206 works.
- Wr. yellowed along margins. = Monod 359. Copy from the unnumb. printrun (besides 466 numb. copies).
Idem. L'Esprit nouveau et les poëtes. Ibid., Jacques Haumont, 1946, 1st ed., (8),29,(2)p., printed in 1500 numb. copies (this copy no."352"), orig. wr. Idem. Anecdotiques. Ibid., Librairie Stock, 1926, 1st ed., 290p., orig. wr. (yellowed; backstrip darkened). - AND 7 others by and 4 on the same, i.a. IDEM, Calligrammes (ibid., 1925, printed in 1352 numb. copies (no. "491" of 960), orig. dec. boards by Paul BONET); IDEM, The Cubist Painters. Aesthetic Meditations 1913. Engl. transl. L. Abel (New York, 1944, ills., orig. (dustsoiled) wr., 4to) and A. BILLY, Apollinaire vivant (Paris, 1923, photogr. frontisp. portr., 2 ills. after Pablo PICASSO, orig. wr. Yellowed).
- Wrappers somewhat browned; foot of spine sl. bumped. Good copy.
= Monod 358; Bolliger II, 97 ("Im Untertitel des Buches ist das Wort "surréaliste" erstmals verwendet"); IV, 99.











































