HAYAMIZU MOTOAKI & KATÍ SUMIHIKO:

Katsubi (Design of textiles). Kyoto, Hayamizu Zuanjo, Taish› 6 (1917).

. Large 8vo. Size: 19 x 26 cm. Pp. (ii) + 40 double folded leaves with woodblock-printed colour illustrations depicting various motifs and designs to be used for textiles. As issued folded and stitched in the Japanese fashion in original pictorial wrappers. With Asian red stamps. Partly with one small stain at upper margin. The images feature animals, plants and landscapes, all monochromatic rendered in brown, green, red or grey colour. This kind of textile design book, zuan-ch›, was produced in collaboration between creative publishers and inventive artists, intended to be appreciated for their own sake, as much as for any practical reason. 

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Book number: 100641

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textiles, designs, travel, exploration, textile

TANAKA, YUHO:

Kogei Shinzu (New Designs for Applied Arts). Two volumes. Kyoto, Yamada Naosaburo, Meiji 25 (1892).

. Complete set with forty leaves of colour woodblock-printed patterns depicting plants, birds, flowers, etc. With eight text leaves comprising title, preliminary leaves and colophon. Text in Japanese. The leaves are folded in the Japanese manner. Original decorated wrappers, title and blue figures printed on white background, silk ties, with minor wear. Ex-ownership stamps. First edition. A beautiful collection with patterns based on traditional Japanese motifs and nature scenes clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau ornamental style that became so popular at the time. The designs were created for use in decorative art including textiles, metalwork and ceramics. Occasionally some light offsetting but overall a very good set. The printer Yamada Naosaburo was the founder of Uns›d› publishing company in Kyoto, known for high quality pattern books. 

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Book number: 120667

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, pattern, art nouveau

TZARA, TRISTAN / DELAUNAY, SONIA (Ills.):

Le coeur à gaz: costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977].

. Narrow folio portfolio. Size: 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 numbered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprises the text of the play "Le coeur à gaz" by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by Sonia Delaunay. Includes seven theatre costumes by Sonia Delaunay which are colour reproductions of the gouache maquettes made for the performance at Théátre Michel in 1923, two more double page lithographs (one issued as extra title page and one with two costumes) and three lithographed decorations in the text. Original card covers with striking design in black, red and cream. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which this is no. XXI (of XXV reserved for collaborators) on this publication and signed by S. Delaunay on the colophon. (The first 25 copies, nos. 1- 25, in the series were accompanied by a supplementary suite of 7 signed lithographs). A gorgeous copy of this beautiful and scarce work. Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) was the famous Roman-born writer and artist who was known to be one of the central figures in the anti-establishment Dada movement. His noted play "Le cÏur à gaz" was first staged as part of the 1921 "Dada Salon" at the Galerie Montaigne in Paris. It was written as a parody of classical drama in the form of an absurd dialogue between characters named after human body parts; mouth, ear, eye, nose, neck and eyebrow (Tzara himself). The second stage production, also titled "Le CÏur à barbe" was performed at Théátre Michel in July 1923. Sonia Delaunay, the famous Ukrainian-born French artist, designed and costumed the production. She created bright-coloured eccentric geometric-shaped suits of thick cardboard. The play has been seen as the last event in Dada's development as a cultural movement.

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Book number: 120290

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art deco, design, costumes, fashion, theatre, theater, french, play, art, lithographs, illustration, teater, mode,

VALERY, PAUL / SIÉMON, FERNAND (Ill.) :

Modes et Manières d'Aujourdhui. Dixieme Annee (1922). Collection Pierre Corrard. Paris, Librairie Meynial, 1923.c x

. Tall 8vo. Lvs. (18) with title and text. With twelve coloured woodcut printed fashion plates in Art Déco style. As issued loose in original card portfolio with printed vignette on upper cover, decorated printed paper flaps, silk ties, part of front joint split. Light discolouration to cover and title, a few tiny insignificant marks. Overall a great copy. Edition limited to 300 copies; this is no. 96. Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui was a fascinating French Art Déco magazine published by Pierre Corrard between 1912-23. Each issue illustrates the height of French fashion at the time accompanied by poems, presented by the foremost French artists. This issue contains beautiful plates by Fernend Siémon. Complete copies in original portfolios are rare. Colas 2099.

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Book number: 121234

Catalogue: Fashion

Keywords: Fashion, fashion, mode, design, french, france, illustrated, illustration, magazine, woodblock-printed, woodcuts

WEBER, VICTOR FREDERIC:

"Ko-ji hô-ten". Dictionnaire a l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objects d'art japonais et chinois. Paris 1923.

. Folio. Pp. 511, (1); 509, (3) + appendices lvs (69). With five coloured full page plates and 70 monochrome full page plates. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. Original green cloth decorated in blind and gilt, calf spines lettered in gilt, hinges and extremities rubbed. A.e.g. First edition of an important and comprehensive reference work on Japanese art. It covers all aspects of the visual and three dimensional arts; ceramics, metal works, prints, Netsuke artists, famous painters, mythological and historical figures, famous sites, etc. A limited edition of 585 copies, of which this is no. 412. A heavy book. Cf Nipponalia (Kyoto Gaikokugo Dargaku) 827 (reprint N.Y. 1965).

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Book number: 32110

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, china, chinese, chine, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east, art, design,

YAMAGA, SEIKA (Ed.):

Mukashi watari sarasa (Ancient imported calicos or chintz). Three volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Taisho 6 (1917).

. Folio. Lvs. (26); (23); (25), interleaved. Japanese title and and colophon (four leaves), and seventy leaves with numerous woodblock printed designs of sarasa. Bound in the Japanese style. Original decorated paper covers, silk threads, paper title slips on upper covers (one loose). Indian sarasa (calico) was initially imported to Japan by the Portuguese seafaring traders in the early 17th century. The exotic colourful designs featuring floral and figurative motifs became enormously popular among the wealthy samurai and merchant classes. Production of domestic sarasa began in the late 1600s when skilled Japanese dye workers found a method to replicate the designs of Indian calicos. Seika Yamaga (1885-1981) was a weaving master active in Kyoto. An impressive and attractive work presenting a huge selection of striking abstract geometric and animal design. Published by the renowned printing company Uns›d› in Kyoto.

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Book number: 100704

Catalogue: Textile

Keywords: Textile, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, textile, textiles, illustrated, design, sarasa, chintz, calico,

YAMAMOTO, SEKKEI:

Shin Gosho moy› (Imperial Decoration). Five volumes. Kyoto, Uns›d›, Showa 8-9 (1933-4).

. Folio (27 x 41 cm). A complete set of Sekkei's impressive work of Imperial designs. Contains 125 woodblock illustrations (12 x 29.5 cm), opposite pages with fine outline illustrations and Japanese captions. Accordion folded. Original silk decorated boards, in different colours, with printed title label, some minor stain (more to the second volume). Housed in the original paper folders with title labels, publisher's stamps and labels, cotton ties, worn.An impressive work with colourful designs depicting flowers, plants, artefacts, birds, butterflies, etc. Protected by tissue guards (a few missing). Some browning to the paper, mainly offsetting from the guards, gold and silver sprinkles have oxidised. Seems rare, no complete copies at OCLC.Yamamoto Sekkei, renowned artist in Kyoto who practised the traditional art dyeing technique Yûzen and taught Kawarazaki Kodo and others. Yûzen, which originated in the 17th century, is a process using stencils to transfer a design on to fabric, colours added layer by layer inside outlines.

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Book number: 121224

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, textile, pattern, woodcut, illustration

ZÜLOW, FRANZ VON:

Die 12 Monate. Originallithographien. Vienna, Druck und Verlag der Wiener Werkstätte, no date (1912).

. 4to. Comprises thirteen original colour lithographs, as issued, loose in publisher's black cloth portfolio illustrated with original lithographs by the artist on covers, abstract hand-painted front paste down and inner flaps. Housed in a specially-made chemise by Atelier Devauchelle. First edition printed in a very small number. A fine, complete set of this stunning work by Franz von Zülow comprising in total fifteen original colour lithographs; one plate for each month, one plate depicting the four seasons and two plates pasted on the covers. The fanciful lithographs have multiple pictures of people and animals placed in everyday and festive contexts depending on the month. Zülow uses a folkloristic and dynamic style with very expressive colours on a decorative flatness, influenced by the early Viennese Secession.Franz von Zülow (1883-1963) was a renowned Austrian painter, designer, graphic artist and muralist who worked at the Wiener Werkstätte from 1905 onwards and joined the Vienna Secession in 1908. The Wiener Werkstätte (1903-32) was a productive cooperative of skilled artisans (including architects, artists and designers) in Vienna dedicated to the production of modern decorative arts. The declared objective of the Wiener Werkstätte was to break through everyday life with remarkable artistic and aesthetic products. Two plates are narrowly cut but overall it's a lovely set of an impressive work of art. Rare. Ref. Heller, Die Bunte Welt, 455. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, p. 185.

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Book number: 121037

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, art nouveau, illustrated, design, artist, austria, vienna, Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna Secession, art, lithographs,