KANDINSKY, WASSILY:

Kandinsky. Om konstnären (About the Artist). Stockholm, Gummesons Konsthandel, 1916.

. 12mo. Pp. 29. Original wrappers with an original colour lithograph on the front cover created by Kandinsky for the exhibition at the Gummeson Gallery in Stockholm in February 1916. This essay by Kandinsky was published in connection with the exhibition and he dedicated it to Gabriele Münter who had a separate exhibition at Gummesons in March the same year.

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Book number: 120256

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, design, art, artist, exhibition, essay, sweden, exhibition, russian,

KOSUGI, SUGIMURA & YOKOI, TOKIFUYU:

Dai Nihon Bijutsu Zufu (Illustrations of Japanese Decorative Arts). Eight volumes. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 (1901).

. Four plate volumes: Large 8vo (18,5 x 25 cm). With 64 double-page colour woodcut illustrations. As issued with leaves folded in the oriental fashion in original decorative wrappers with title labels on upper covers. Covers lightly stained. Housed in a modern cloth folder. AND: Four text volumes: Lvs (18); (20), (10), (29) + illustrations. As issued in original decorated paper wrappers with title labels, somewhat stained. A complete set of a collection of traditional motifs and patterns of decorative art found on furniture, instruments, fans, ceramics, armour, kimonos etc. Content:I. Treasures from the Soshoin, Nara prefecture. Includes patterns on textiles, instruments etc.II. Treasures from famous temples. III. Designs of various decorative objects such as paper for calligraphy, fans, goods of Buddhism, utensils, etc.IV. Designs of decorative pieces such as armour, teacups, sliding doors, kimonos, etc.A very attractive set with images in fine impression and colours, unusual to find complete.

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Book number: 100645

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, design, motifs, travel, exploration, illustration, textile, textil

[LES BALLETS SUéDOIS]. LAGUT, IRéNE:

Les Ballets Suèdois (maquettes de décors, costumes, interprétations) Collection Rolf de Maré. Paris, Galerie d'Art du Bucheron, 1931.

. Size: 16 x 28 cm. Pp. (6). As issued, central fold. Front cover has an illustration of the Eiffel Tower by Irène Lagut. Rare exhibition catalogue of de Maré's collection dedicated to the "Ballets suédois" at the Galerie d'Art du Bûcheron May 8-31 1931. 

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Book number: 121270

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, ballet, ballets, costumes, design, dance, theatre, france, french

LARSDOTTER, JOHANNA:

[FELICITATION WEDDING]. [Hand written and hand painted congratulations letter to the bride and groom]. Glasbo, 1841.

. Size: 42 x 34 cm. A very charming and attractive Swedish congratulations letter written in a neat hand, decorated with lovely hand painted flowers in various colours and with a pair of turtle-doves at the top. Signed "Johanna Larsdotter i Glasbo år 1841". With some minor tears.

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Book number: 120613

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, manuscript, congratulation, letter, decorated, swedish, sweden, svenskt, sverige,

LINDMAN, MAJ (Illustrator):

[SWEDISH ABC PLATES] / [Thirty-two school plates with illustrations for each letter A - Ö]. Stockholm, Norstedt's, Esselte, (1946).

. A charming collection of lithographed colour illustrations, each representing a character of the Swedish alphabet. A few more plates (four?) were issued devoted to phonemes, not present here. Size 32 x 45 cm. The pictures are printed in vivid colours on thin paper and pasted on cardboard (as issued). Two tapped holes at upper margin with intention to hang the poster. Remains of old tape at the back covers. A few plates with some minor marks or wear but overall the collection is in great condition. The illustrations are made by Maj Lindman (1886-1972), a Swedish artist and prolific illustrator of children's books. Several of her books have been translated into English.

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Book number: 121154

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, school, illustrated, sweden, swedish,

LIPPICH, ELEK KORONGHI:

Koronghi Lippich, Elek Költeményei. 1880-1902. Kriesch Aladâr és Nagy Sândor Rajzaival. [Budapest], Pallas, 1903.

. Small 4to. Size: 17.5 x 21 cm. Pp. 307, (1). With numerous illustrations and text printed within decorated borders in various colours. Publisher's pictorial burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine printed in gilt, lightly rubbed. Floral endpapers. Old ownership stamp. First edition of this early and scarce Hungarian Art Nouveau illustrated book of poems. Koronghi Lippich (1862-1924) was an early propagator of Art Nouveau as well as the Arts and Crafts movement in Hungary as the head of the Fine Arts Department at the Ministry of Education and Religion. The two illustrators of this work, Sândor Nagy and Aladâr (Körösf›i-) Kriesch, were the founders of the art colony at Gödöll›, the cradle of Hungarian Art Nouveau. Together with Lippich they shared the interest in the Transylvanian art, and used it to form the unique Hungarian style in modern art, of which this is a beautiful example.

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Book number: 120373

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, hungary, ungern, hungarian, art nouveau, art, illustrations, poem, literature,

MAIER, HERMANN:

Vorbilder zur Schildermalerei. Muster: Blätter, Moderner, Firmenschilder, Etiquetten und Kartuschen [Title on cover]. Ravensburg, Otto Maier, (1907).

. Oblong 4to. Size: 22 x 30 cm. With 24 plates, loose as issued in original clothbacked paper portfolio with green ornamental design and red and black lettering. Minor loss of paper of inner joint. A rare and attractive collection of designs for commercial signboards etc. The illustrations comprise six plates with ca 35 colour renderings of signboards, eight plates with ca 50 black or monocolour examples of company signs, five plates with ca 40 designs of various sign shapes, and five plates with lettering styles printed in reddish brown or black. Ravensburg is a well-known German game and toy company which was established in 1883. The Ravensburger triangle trademark is printed below the illustrations on each leaf.

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Book number: 120268

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, german, germany, design, signboards, art nouveau, jugend, company signs, decor, decoration, lettering styles, styles,

MALMÉN, PER:

Mönster för marmormålning (Patterns of faux marbling painting). Part one (all publ.). Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1895.

. Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears, some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on grey boards, cotton ties, lightly rubbed. First and only edition of this scarce book, the first of its kind in Sweden. Per Malmén studied in Paris in the 1870s and became a distinguished art marbling painter. It is rumoured that he executed several marbling works at the Louvre, but this has not been proven, mainly because the artists did not sign their works at the time. This impressive manual was used at the Technical School in Stockholm where Malmén taught for many years. The plates depict several kinds of marbles titled: Vert de Mer, Jaune de Sienne, Chateau-Landon Rance, St. Anne, Marbre de Kolmården Granit, Portor, Bleu Fleurl Rance and Breche Violette. The text instructs how to create various types of marbling patterns. Ref.: Fredrik Thörnqvist: "Marmoristen & Målarmästaren Per Malmén" 2011.

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Book number: 120255

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, marbeling, marbling, marbler, marbleizing, marble, painting, decor, design, patterns, techniques, imitation, swedish, sweden, svensk

MOUSSINAC, LÉON:

[AVANT-GARDE THEATRE]. Tendances nouvelles du théatre choix de décors, costumes, détails de mise en scène utilisés dans les représentations les plus originales de ces quinze dernières années. Précédé de remarques sur les récentes recherches de l'art du théatre. Paris, Les éditions Albert Lévy, 1931.

. Folio (38 x 28 cm). Pp. 35. With 124 heliotype plates printed on one side only, most with multiple images. 37 fully or partly coloured with pochoir technique in the studio of J. Saude. Recased in modern half calf on marbled paper boards, lightly rubbed. Housed in matching folder. Bound with original printed wrappers.First edition, limited to 615 copies, this is no. 151. A spectacular work devoted to the avant-garde theatre in Europe, Russia and United States. Illustrated with numerous pictures of costumes, set designs, staging details etc. used in the most ground-breaking performances of the previous years. Includes photographic illustrations and brightly coloured pochoir images. Designers include Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Alexander Rodchenko, Alexandra Exter, Enrico Prampolini, Norman Bel Geddes, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and directors Vsevolod Meyerhold, Erwin Piscator, Max Reinhardt, and many more. A wonderful copy of a substantial work. Cf Colas, 2145 bis.

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Book number: 120617

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, theatre, illustrated, avant-garde, teater, costumes, pochoir, france, french, stage, setting, design,

TEKKO & SALUBRA

: [Wallpaper sample catalogue]. Stockholm, Hasse W. Tullberg, 1924.

. A striking pamphlet (19 x 24 cm) promoting wallpapers from the sophisticated German company Tekko & Salubra. Swedish text. The catalogue comprises six pages of text (loosely inserted), ten colour wallpaper samples, of which five silk samples in metallic tone, eleven more illustrations, of which two colourful Art Déco interiors by A. Trueb. Original decorated covers, printed in silver and gold on black paper, spine nicely restored. Some browning, rusty staples, one sample with small loss, some annotations. Tekko & Salubra, founded in 1901 in Grenzach (Basden-Würtemberg), developed successfully over the years. Famous artists were asked to design collections, Le Corbusier being one of them.

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Book number: 120780

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, taper, wallpaper, design, sales, commercial, catalogue, sweden, swedish, art deco,

SCHMITT, HELENE:

Stickereien (Embroideries). Entwürfe von Helen Schmitt. Auf Stein gezeichnet von der Verfasserin. Parts I-III (all published). Basel, Wassermann & Schäublin & Dresden, In Kommission bei der Verlagshandlung Wilhelm Baensch, 1906-7.

. Large folio (41 x 52 cm). Comprises twenty-four beautiful coloured lithographed plates (one double-page) printed on strong cardboard of different colours, some highlighted in gold. Together with one leaf of foreword and three leaves with explanatory text and photographic illustrations. As issued in loose sheets in original illustrated stiff wrappers, with some wear and neat restorations. Housed in specially made cloth portfolio by Atelier Devauchelle in Paris. First and only edition, self-published by the artist. We assume in a very small number.A gorgeous Art Nouveau work with decorative ornamental designs for embroidery but could also be used for other techniques; wood painting and carving, book covers, furnitures, curtains, clothes, etc. Helene Schmitt was a teacher of embroidery at the Frauenarbeitsschule in Basel. Some of her works were exhibited at the Basel Trade Exhibition of 1901. According to Schmitt's foreword: "The designs for embroidery, which are available here in lithographic form, are a selection from the drawings that I designed as head of the class for coloured embroidery at the Woman's Work School in Basel over the past 5 years. Part of the work was exhibited at the Basel Trade Exhibition from 1901 for the first time. Since then I have mostly reworked the designs and now publish them in this new form ... The patterns were created for the needs of my pupils and were implemented in the school itself. Our school is not a technical school and the embroidery courses are attended by the schoolchildren for a longer or shorter period according to their wish. One will therefore find among these sheets, in addition to technically very simple works, also more complicated ones; however, the technical requirements never exceed the level of what can be acquired in a similarly organized school. I know that the artistic appeal of such women's work does not just depend on the template, but essentially also on how much taste and care is put into the technical part of the work. Unfortunately, very little of these intentions can be seen in the lithographic plates. Photographic illustrations have therefore been added to the brief explanations of the text sheets. They should show the effect of the whole and clarify the technical treatment. In addition, the text about the technique and the material will provide the necessary information ... The drawings should also have some value for non-embroiderers who know what is important using a pattern. Most are easy to implement in a different technique; some of the borders are suitable for wood painting ... "A wonderful work in genuine Art Nouveau style. A few plates with small crease at corners but overall a very good set. Very rare in the market.

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Book number: 121046

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art nouveau, jugend, design, illustration, german, germany, woman artist, ornamental, embroidery design,

Labyrint-spelet. [SWEDISH BOARD GAME].

Labyrint-spelet. (Labyrinth board game). Stockholm, Adolf Johnsons förlag, Central-tryckeriet, 1903.

. Colour printed sheet (72 x 62 cm). Printed in green, black and orange. Rules and instructions printed outside the labyrinth. Original envelope with a coloured lithograph pasted on front cover. A Swedish game in the form of a labyrinth. The players have to get through the maze lined with nasty animals to reach the beautiful maiden at the centre. With three small almost invisible holes but overall in very good condition.

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Book number: 120257

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, design, game, games, spel, sweden, swedish, svenskt, familj, barn, children, family, maze

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,