Halas Franti (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original paper wrappers. Básne 1928-1929. Kresby od tyrského a Toyen. 55pp. With the Toyen bookplate of Beringera. Frontis plate by Toyen. Wrappers nearly detached, worn and frayed, missing part of spine.

Prague: Dru?stvo "Vlast", 1948. Small octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original staple-stitched printed; [26] pp. of text. Fourteen black-and-white reproductions and a frontis portrait of the author. Signed by three of the four contributors: Lorenc, Kundera, and Tome? Very good. Scarce booklet accompanying what appears to be the first solo exhibit of works by Lacina, following just one year after the first legal exhibition of the Skupina Ra group, an important Czech post-war surrealist group which sharply distinguished itself from pre-war Czech surrealism. Accompanied by short essays by three founding members of the Skupina Ra, as well as the noted modernist poet Franti?ek Halas. With fourteen reproductions of Lacina's surrealist paintings, a list of previous exhibitions, and a bibliography of publications with his participation as an illustrator. Also included is a French-language resume. As of January 2024, KVK, OCLC show four copies in North America.