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  • Seller image for Jeu de massacre. 12 personnages à la recherche d'une (balle) for sale by Abraxas-libris

    Deltor Fred (Federico Antonio Carasso)

    Published by Editions Socialistes, 1928

    Seller: Abraxas-libris, Bécherel, France

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    EDITION ORIGINALE D'UNE GRANDE RARETE ET D'UNE FRAICHEUR EXCEPTIONNELLE. Jeu de massacre. 12 personnages à la recherche d'une [balle]. Les Editions Socialistes. 1928. In-4 (26 x 33 cm), planches sous chemise cartonnée illustrée, conservées dans une chemise-étui en velours et simili cuir d'Eloïse Baille (non signée) aux couleurs rappelant celles de la chemise d'origine, avec fermeture ruban à la japonaise. D'un tirage inconnu, cet ouvrage est d'une grande confidentialité. Bien complet de la planche préface d'Henri Barbusse comportant au verso la liste des planches traduite en sept langues. Cet ouvrage de l'artiste italien Federico Antonio Carasso, dit Fred Deltor, comprend une série de 12 pochoirs originaux rehaussés d'or et d'argent : une galerie de marionnettes rappelant celles du célèbre jeu de foire, mais qui représentent elles une personnification du militarisme, de la propriété, de la philantropie, de la social-démocratie, de la justice, de la colonisation, du fascisme, du mouchardage, du parlementarisme, de l'esprit moyen, de la religion et du chauvinisme. Ce premier et unique recueil satirique témoigne de l'habileté de Deltor à marier le constructivisme russe avec l'esprit irrévérencieux Dada. Une adolescence passée à travailler dans les pénibles conditions des usines Fiat et un service militaire éprouvant en Libye donnent naissance à ses idéaux anarcho-communistes et pacifistes. Son engagement politique peu apprécié sous Mussolini le pousse à fuir en France, puis en Belgique, où il travailla au sein de l'Avant-garde de 1928 à 1933, avant de rallier les Pays-Bas, où il fit une carrière de sculpteur ; deux brunissures localisées au recto de la planche préface et reportées au verso de la planche 12, chemise d'origine défraîchie, habilement restaurée sur un coin, par ailleurs les planches sont d'une exceptionnelle fraîcheur, de toute rareté dans cette condition. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande. Sélection Abraxas-libris Deltor Fred (Federico Antonio Carasso) Planches sous chemise et emboîtage.

  • Seller image for Jeu de Massacre; 12 Personages a la Recherche D'Une for sale by White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB

    Deltor, Fred [pseudonym for Frederico Antonio Carasso] (1899-1969). Preface by Henri Barbusse

    Published by Les Editions Socialistes, Bruxelles

    Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

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    Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the artist on the front cover and dated 1928. (The album may have been issued in 1925, but bears no printed date.) 317 by 243 mm. One leaf, with playful carnivalesque preface by Barbusse on the recto and a key on the verso, with the title or subject of the following 12 pochoir plates rendered in six languages (French, Dutch, German, English, Russian, Italian and Spanish), with some power deriving from the repetitive similarities for the words in the different languages. Each plate an allegorical depiction of an enemy of the working class: militarism, property, philanthropy, social democracy, "justice", colonialism, fascism, "police spy", parliamentarism, "middle-spirit", religion and patriotism. The artwork, a heady mix of Cubist, Constructivist, Futurist and Dada-ist styles, has a sculptural quality, which is no accident given that Deltor eventually gained renown for his monumental public works. Deltor was a refugee from Fascist Italy. He first settled in Paris in 1922, where he was expelled six years later for his political activism. From there he went to Brussels and eventually settled for good in the Netherlands, where he won wider recognition. Also heightening the visual excitement are the muscularity of the coloration, with metallic silvers and golds and even blues, brash reds, unusual yellows, greens and other colors. And whatever one's politics, or for that matter, view of Modernism, one is likely to succumb to the wit and zest of the imagery. The subtitle of the set, "12 Personages in Search of One", would seem a play on the Pirandello play title "Six Characters in Search of an Author," which premiered in 1921. Foxing on the folder, which has slight chipping to its spine. Minor rubbing and wear by edges. Along the spine or joint edge appears the shadow remnants of tape that might have once run along it as a makeshift repair. Marginal toning to the plates. Folder. Paper pastedown on a heavy card stock.