GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950

Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025

329 lots

Lots

Lot 1

Adrian-Nilsson, G. Den gudomliga geometrien. En uppsats om konst.

Helsinki, Holger Schildt, 1922, 50p., ills., orig. wr. des. by the author. AND 2 others: NILS-GEORG and V. DALQUIST, Slag i slag. Cirkys-Revy (Stockholm, 1930, ills., adverts., orig. wr., large 8vo); ETT LEENDE ÅR, Revy- och Tonfilmschlager (Malmö, 1933, orig. wr.).

Estimate €50 – €70

Lot 2

Al-Urwa.

Year 3, no.1. Ed. C. Zureik. Beirut, American University of Beirut, 1938, (88)p., orig. wr. w. anonymous design.

Estimate €80 – €100Result €80

Lot 3

Albert Kuyle. De bries.

Advertisement leaf, Utr., De Gemeenschap, 1929, 1 leaf, recto and verso w. anonymous typography, 4to, De Gemeenschap. Maandschrift voor Katholieke reconstructie. Ed. J. Engelman, H. Kuitenbrouwer, W. Maas, L. Lichtveld and C. Vos. Year 1, no. 4. Ibid., idem, 1925, p.113-152,(4 advert.)p., orig. wr. des. by W. MAAS, 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €110

Lot 7

Anteneo Puertorriqueño.

Vol. I, no. I. Ed. Samuel R. Quiñones a.o. San Juan de Puerto Rico, Anteneo Puertorriqueño, 1935, 128p., orig. wr. w. anonymous design.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 9

Ars.

Introd. P. Gaulanė. Kaunas, Spindulio, (1932), 9p., 10 plates, orig. wr. des. by T. KULAKAUSKAS, large 8vo.

Estimate €250 – €350Result €250

Lot 10

Art d'aujourd'hui.

Revue mensuelle d'art contemporain. Series 2, no.5. Ed. A. Bloc. Boulogne, l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, 1951, 32p., ills., orig. wr. w. anonymous design, folio. AND an odd issue of Cahiers d'Art (year 7, no.1-2, 1932, ills., orig. wr., folio. Sl. finger/ dustsoiled; frontwr. w. vague folds).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 11

Les arts catalanes.

No.1. Ed. J. Merli. Barcelona, Galeires Laeietanes, 1928, (16)p., ills., adverts, orig. wr. w. anonymous design.

Estimate €150 – €250Result €150

Lot 12

Ausstellung J. Ryback.

Berlin, n.publ. (printed by Lutze & Vogt), 1923/1924, (16)p., (incl. wr.), 7 tipped-in plates, frontwr. w. design (by Ryback?).

Estimate €500 – €700Result €1,000

Lot 13

Aux Galeries Lafayette.

Agenda pour 1931. Paris, Aux Galeries Lafayette, (1930), 416p., (photogr.) ills., adverts, fold. plan, orig. blindst. boards w. mounted plate.

Estimate €100 – €150

Lot 14

The B.B.C. Handbook 1929.

London, The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1929, 480p., ills., adverts., orig. cl. w. dustwr. des. by EDWARD McKNIGHT KAUFFER. Wyn Griffith, Ll. Spring of Youth. Foreword D. Lloyd George. London, Constable, 1935, 1st ed., VIII,(2),134p., orig. cl. w. dustwr. des. by BEN NICHOLSON.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 16

Ballbo Sports.

Barcelona, Ballbo Sports, n.d. (±1930?), (20)p., ills., orig. wr. w. design (on recto and verso) signed "Gráficas Typus", obl. 8vo. AND a promotional postcard of "Argon. Sumnistros industriales" w. nice letterhead (used; filing holes).

Estimate €30 – €50Result €170

Lot 19

Bari. Fiera del Levante.

Foire de Bari/ Bari Fair/ Bari Messe. Bari, n.publ., 1934, fold. advertising brochure, 20,8x13 cm. (folded)/ 20,8x97 cm. (unfold.), ills., photogr. ills./ photomontage and anonymous typography and design.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 20

Bayer, H. Lot of 3

Notgeld banknotes: 1000000 Mark, Eine Million Mark (2x: brown, series D and yellow, series G) and 2000000, Zwei Million Mark (grey, Series D), all Weimar, Landesregierung Thüringen, 1923, 7x14 cm., printed in black and brown/ yellow/ grey on recto and verso, all numb. on verso.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €100

Lot 22

Beton.

Medium - Bold - Extra bold. Interface. Brooklyn etc., Intertype, (1936), (12)p. (incl. wr.), anonymous typography, 4to.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €150

Lot 23

Bettinelli, A. ...et ça c'est Milan.

Milan, A.& G. Carisch& C., 1927, (4)p. (incl. wr.), scores, frontwr. des. by BISSI, folio. Alberti, A. Mondo. Words by M. Galdieri. Naples, Curci, 1930, (4)p. (incl. wr.), scores, frontwr. des. by NIGA (?), folio. - AND 1 other similar, publ. in the series Canzoni e danze di successo (1933, frontwr. des. by BONFANTI).

Estimate €50 – €70Result €50

Lot 28

BOR. The College Almanac, Fifth Volume.

Sofia, The American College, 1934, 171,(13)p., 12 tipped-in (col.) plates, num. photogr. (group) portraits, printed in black and blue, orig. cl., frontcover w. anonymous gilt design, obl. sm. folio.

Estimate €40 – €60Result €40

Lot 29

Bourgoin, M. La Turquie d'Atatürk.

Paris, Eugène Ray, (1936), XII,269,(2)p., ills. by the author, orig. wr. w. anonymous design. Piéard, L. Rimouski-Puebla, Du Canada au Mexique. Ibid., Librairie Valois, 1931, 255,(1)p., photogr. plates, printed in 3522 copies (3300), orig. wr. w. anonymous design.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €70

Lot 33

Broom.

An International Magazine of the Arts. Ed. H.A. Loeb. Vol.2, no.3. Rome/ New York/ London, 1922, p.185-272,(2 advert.)p., 1 photogr. plate hors-texte, 6 tipped-in photogr. plates, orig. wr. des. by LADISLAS MEDGYES, folio.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €300

Lot 35

Bulletin de "L'Effort Moderne".

Ed. L. Rosenberg. No.6. Paris, Éditions de l'Effort Moderne, 1924, 16p., 16 monochr. plates, orig. wr. des. by GEORGES VALMIER, large 8vo. WITH a very rare letterpress advertisement leaf for the Bulletin de "L'Effort Moderne" with unused subscription slip (sl. browned along horizontal middle-fold).

Estimate €100 – €150Result €275

Lot 37

Cáceres, E. de. Los cielos.

Cerrito y Juncal/ Montevideo, Impresora Uruguaya, 1935, 82,(5)p., later cl. w. giltlettered mor. letterpiece on spine, orig. wr. des. by LUIS ALBERTO FAYOL bound in.

Estimate €70 – €90Result €70

Lot 39

Cause. Le surréalisme.

Stationery with letterhead printed in black and red and w. a vignette (in black only) in lower corner des. by VICTOR BRAUNER, 1 leaf, recto only.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 41

Chilingirov, S. Pârva zhertva. Roman.

Sofia, n.publ., 1935, 264p., orig. wr. w. anonymous design. Ehrenburg, I. Pâtyat kâm Germania. Ibid., n.publ., 1945, 38p., orig. wr. w. anonymous design, 12mo.

Estimate €60 – €80Result €60

Lot 42

Circolo Artistico Gorizia.

Prima mostra Goriziania de belle arte 13-30 aprile 1924. Small exhibition poster, printed in black on grey board, 32,2x13,8 cm., w. linocut(?) ill. by GIORGIO CARMELICH, Gorizia, 1924.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €100

Lot 43

Come on the telephone.

N.pl., General Post Office, 1934, (7)p., printed in black and brown, orig. frontwr. des. by E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER.

Estimate €50 – €70Result €60

Lot 44

The Comet 1930.

Lindsay, The Student Body of Lindsay High School, 1930, 103,(4)p., 6 col. div. titles, num. photogr. (group) portraits, anonymous art deco-style bookdec., orig. embossed dec. cl., 4to.

Estimate €40 – €60

Lot 46

Consellaria d'economia.

Butlleti trimestral, no.1. Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, 1936, 34,(4)p., 1 tipped-in col. map, 1 col. map w. printed transparent overlay, (col.) ills. and photomontages, anonymous typography and wrapper design, large 4to.

Estimate €100 – €150Result €130

Lot 47

El Consultor Bibliográfico.

Year 2, no.17. Barcelona, n.publ., 1926, (8),489-560,XVIp., orig. wr. w. anonymous design. Novelas de buenos autores españoles y extranjeros. Catálogo. B. Ibid., Ediciones Juventud, 1931, 30,(2)p., ills., orig. wr. w. anonymous design. - AND 1 other: R. SILVESTRE, O caminho luminoso (Lisbon, n.d. (±1927), orig. wr. Yellowed/ foxed, wr. some imperfections).

Estimate €30 – €50Result €30

Lot 48

Contimporanul.

No.27. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 49

Contimporanul.

No.28. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 50

Contimporanul.

No.29. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 51

Contimporanul.

No.30. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 52

Contimporanul.

No.31. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 53

Contimporanul.

No.33. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 54

Contimporanul.

No.34. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 55

Contimporanul.

No.35. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 56

Contimporanul.

No.36. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 57

Contimporanul.

No.37-38. Ed. I. Vinea and M. Janco. Bucharest, Contimporanul, 1923, (4)p. (fold. sheet), (woodcut) ills. by i.a. MARCEL JANCO, large folio.

Estimate €800 – €1,000Result €800

Lot 59

Création. Revue d'Art.

No.2. Ed. V. Huidobro. Paris, the editor, 1921, (12)p. (incl. wr.), 2 plates, orig. wr. w. anonymous design, folio.

Estimate €200 – €300Result €550

Lot 60

Création.

(No.3). Ed. V. Huidobro. Paris, the editor, 1924, (8)p. (incl. wr.), orig. wr. w. anonymous design, large 8vo.

Estimate €300 – €500Result €475