Mesens (128 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover copy which appears to be a library binding from the paperback, somehow preserving the originalcover; ex-libris with all the usual faults, internally clean and tight 39 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet folded into 6 pages, two b/w illustrations. A Very Good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, 8 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. A Very Good copy.

Overall good condition. Original 1947 exhibition catalogue for "The Cubist Spirit in Its Time," published by The London Gallery Ltd. Softcover with the original pale blue printed wrappers. Covers show moderate wear with edge rubbing, creasing, and small chips at the spine ends; some tape reinforcement visible near the upper spine and minor loss at the lower corner of the front wrapper. Rear cover shows light soiling and age toning. Binding is split toward the rear but all pages remain intact.nterior generally clean with light age toning and occasional handling wear. Title page present with a small contemporary pencil price at the upper corner. Includes the exhibition checklist and photographic plates illustrating works associated with Cubism and related modernist movements. Artists represented include Georges Braque, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, and others. Printed for The London Gallery Ltd. by Dugdale Printing Ltd., London, for the exhibition held 18 March-3 May 1947. A scarce early postwar London exhibition catalogue documenting the reception and presentation of Cubist and modernist artists in Britain.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Jacques Brunius's Signature At Head Of Front Wrappers. Very Lightly Handled.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. Introduction, 34 item catalogue.

Condition: Good. Oorspronkelijk geniet omslag, softcover, ongepagineerd, 8vo. Dada Bibliotheek boek 4.

agrafé, couvertute illustrée. Condition: Très bon. Vitali (illustrator). Catalogue de l'exposition de l'artiste d'origine corse Pierre Vitali. Préface de E.L.T. Mesens. 16 reproductions dont une en couverture. Liste des oeuvres exposées.

Softcover. A light blue softcover book with red text on the front cover. 40 pages; 25 black-and-white plates. VG: Red sticker on the spine. Sunning to the spine. Wear to the edges and corners. Majority clean body pages and solid binding.

Stitched Card. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No. First. 40pp. b&w illustrations.

Letter exchange between Tristan Tzara and E.L.T. Mesens. Edited and presented by Stéphane Massonet. /// Paperback, 152+[8] pp., 8° (14 x 20 cm), cover faded and slightly worn, condition: good Book Language/s: French.

Van den Bossche, Phillip et al. The Star Alphabet of E.L.T. MESENS. Dada & Surrealism in Brussels, Paris & London. 287pp, illustrated in color throughout. 4to, wraps. Ghent, Asa.MER, 2014. The most extensive study to date on this Belgian-born artist, composer, poet, editor, photographer, curator, gallerist, collector, and promoter (1903-1971), a notable presence in European Dada and Surrealism. This well-written and well-illustrated exhibition catalogue has 468 mostly color plates, including photographs, ephemera, pages from periodicals, art by Mesens but also by other surrealist artists in his circle.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale collective achevée d'imprimer le 16 octobre 1997. Tirage limité à 1000 exemplaires non justifiés, dont le nôtre, après 100 sur Rives numérotés. Cette correspondance croisée est choisie et présentée par Stéphane Massonet. Avec quelques reproductions en N & B hors-texte. 152 pages ; couverture à rabats. Broché. Format : 14 x 20 cms. Carte-réponse de l'éditeur jointe. A noter : légère insolation en cadre sur les plats.

243 pp.; 31 x 23.8 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Critical theory book about photography & surrealism written by Rosalind Krauss and Jane Livingston, with an essay by Dawn Ades. Artists include Hans Bellmer, Jacques-André Boiffard, Brassaï, Andre Breton, Claude Cahun, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Nusch Eluard, Max Ernst, Georges Hugnet, André Kertész, Dora Maar, René Magritte, Léo Malet, Marcel Mariën, E.L.T. Mesens, Lee Miller, Paul Nougé, Roger Parry, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, Frederick Sommer, Maurice Tabard and Raoul Ubac. Includes an index and artist biographies and bibliographies compiled by Winifred Schiffman. Very Good / Fine. Light rubbing and shelf wear to dust-jacket, otherwise Fine. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges may be required for international orders.

VG bright copy in slightly dusty publishers wrappers. 1st edition. Illustrated. 40pp.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 40 pp., illustrated in b/w, some marks to cover. Small 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. 8vo. Original paper covers. essay by Brunius, 38 item catalogue, 8 b/w plates, critical texts. Covers marked, acouple of ink annotations. From the Library of the English Surrealist and bibliophile John Lyle, with his book-plate.

15 x 22, 212 pp., broché, couverture à rabats, très bon état (sauf dos légèrement gauchi). Réunis, présentés et commentés par Robert Wangermée.

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

First Edition. 25 x 19 cm 40 pp with b&w illustrations throughout. Wrappers, minor tear at spine o.w. very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Exhibition Card, app. 4 b8 inches, folded in half, french text, very good.no scans.(VVeph).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Sm.4to. Wrappers. Texts by Breton, Apollinaire, Mesens and Melville. 26 b/w illusts. Covers a little thumbed.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Owner's initials at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age BUT covers a little dust soiled.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Paris, Galerie Furstenberg, 1958. Un dépliant 20,5 x 16,5 cm, impression noire sur vélin vert d'eau, recto verso, 4 pages. Édition originale de ce dépliant publié à l'occasion de l'exposition de collages de E. L. T. Mesens qui s'est tenue à la Galerie Furstenberg, animée par Simone Collinet, 4 rue Furstenberg à Paris, du 8 au 29 avril 1958. Liste des 32 collages exposés.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Stapled wrappers. 24pp. Surrealist one-shot variously in English and French (occasionally both), illustrated, including Alfred Jarry, Pablo Picasso, Andre Breton, Roland Penrose, J. B. Brunius, Sadi Cherkeshi, Robert Waithman, John Banting, Patrick Waldberg, Ken Hawkes, Jean L. Davy, Feyyaz Fergar, Simon Watson Taylor, Mesens, and more. Just a little edgewear, with a few unobtrusive nicks, the staples only a touch rusty internally, but a Very Good, well preserved example.

paperback. Condition: Good. Edizione originale (Original edition). Catalogo della mostra di E.L.T. Mesens alla Grosvenor Gallery, London, 8-28 febbraio 1961. Con due saggi inediti di Jacques B. Brunius e 7 illustrazioni in bianco e nero a piena pagina. Elenco delle 38 opere esposte. Alcune opinioni critiche sull'artista: Lawrence Alloway, Patrick Waldberg, Andre Pieyre de Mardiargues, Herta Wescher, Eduard Jaguer, Andre De Ridder e Raffaele Carrieri . Cm 20,5x17. pp. 16. . Ottimo (Fine). . Edizione originale (Original edition). . E. L. T. Mesens nacque a Bruxelles, in Belgio. Iniziò la sua carriera artistica come musicista, influenzato da Erik Satie, e come autore di poesie dadaiste. Fu editore dei libri ?esophage e Marie con il suo amico di una vita e anima gemella René Magritte. Nel 1924 realizzo i suoi primi collages e disegni e nel 1926 divenne uno dei promotori del Surrealismo in Belgio. Dal 1928 al 1930 è stato redattore della ivista "Variétés", diretta da P. G. Van Hecke. Nel 1933 fondò le edizioni Nicolas Flamel.  La sua attività come uno dei leader del Movimento Surrealista in Belgio fu facilitata dal fatto di essere proprietario di una galleria, dove organizzò le prime mostre surrealiste in Belgio. Nel 1934 organizzo al Palais de Beaux Art di Bruxelles la mostra "Minotaure", di fatto la prima mostra internazionale del Surrealismo, cui farà seguito la London International Surrealist Exhibition organizzata con André Breton a Londra nel 1936.  Da questa iniziativa seguì il suo trasferimento a Londra dove divenne direttore della London Gallery, che gestì con Roland Penrose fino all 1950 e caporedattore del London Bulletin (1938-1940), che fu uno dei bollettini più importanti tra i periodici surrealisti in lingua inglese. Mesens dalla fine degli anni Trenta visse in permanenza a Londra, trascorrendo lunghi soggiorni a Bruxelles, a Milano e a Venezia. Partecipò a numerosissime manifestazioni del Movimento Surreakista Internazionale; nel 1963 una restrospettiva della sua opera (Collages) si tenne a Knokke in Belgio, un'altra a Milano nel 1965. Book.

First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Text in French. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at La Reserve from July 14 through September 9, 1951, at La Reserve. Includes works by Hans Arp, Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Paul Klee, Fernand Leger, Rene Magritte, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Man Ray, Yves Tanguy, and others. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mesens, E.LT. (illustrator). First Edition. The Star Alphabet By E.L.T. Mesens: Dad and Surrealism in Brussels, Paris, and London. This book is in very good condition, with only minor signs of shelf wear or aging. *** Please note that some items may be heavy or oversize, and therefore may require an additional shipping cost; please contact the seller if you require a shipping estimate on the item before purchase. ***.

paperback. Condition: Good. Prima edizione (First Edition). Catalogo della mostra tenutasi nell'ambito del XVI Festival belge d'été, Salle "La Reserve" Knokke Le Zoute, Luglio.agosto 1963. Testo critico di Jacques Brunius. Con 20 illstrazioni in bianco e nero e colori. Catalogo dei 126 collages . Cm 24x19. pp. 36. . Ottimo (Fine). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . E. L. T. Mesens nacque a Bruxelles, in Belgio. Iniziò la sua carriera artistica come musicista, influenzato da Erik Satie, e come autore di poesie dadaiste. Fu editore dei libri ?esophage e Marie con il suo amico di una vita e anima gemella René Magritte. Nel 1924 realizzo i suoi primi collages e disegni e nel 1926 divenne uno dei promotori del Surrealismo in Belgio. Dal 1928 al 1930 è stato redattore della ivista "Variétés", diretta da P. G. Van Hecke. Nel 1933 fondò le edizioni Nicolas Flamel.  La sua attività come uno dei leader del Movimento Surrealista in Belgio fu facilitata dal fatto di essere proprietario di una galleria, dove organizzò le prime mostre surrealiste in Belgio. Nel 1934 organizzo al Palais de Beaux Art di Bruxelles la mostra "Minotaure", di fatto la prima mostra internazionale del Surrealismo, cui farà seguito la London International Surrealist Exhibition organizzata con André Breton a Londra nel 1936.  Da questa iniziativa seguì il suo trasferimento a Londra dove divenne direttore della London Gallery, che gestì con Roland Penrose fino all 1950 e caporedattore del London Bulletin (1938-1940), che fu uno dei bollettini più importanti tra i periodici surrealisti in lingua inglese. Mesens dalla fine degli anni Trenta visse in permanenza a Londra, trascorrendo lunghi soggiorni a Bruxelles, a Milano e a Venezia. Partecipò a numerosissime manifestazioni del Movimento Surreakista Internazionale; nel 1963 una restrospettiva della sua opera (Collages) si tenne a Knokke in Belgio, un'altra a Milano nel 1965. Book.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon état. In-8. Broché, couverture imprimée, 39 pp., 26 reproductions en noir & blanc.Bon exemplaire. Texte en anglais. in-8°.