ID 381365
Lot 157 | Carl Laszlo (1923-2013)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
A rare portable collection of post-war and contemporary art with some unique artworks. This is an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 215 copies, one of 65 hors commerce copies. The work was printed in three volumes published in 1960, 1965 and 1977 containing a total of approximately 180 art pieces which provide an account of the artistic avant-garde scene between the 1950s and 1970s. The art works were gathered by Carl Laszlo and included the greatest artists of the time who contributed with important pieces, often marking a turning point in their production and careers. For a full list of the artists featured please contact us.
Folio (350 x 330mm). 53 (of 63) original artworks including prints, photographs, tipped in sheets of printed text and music by various artists including Man Ray, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Arp, Arman, Carl Laszlo, Marcel Béalu, René Mächler and others, 48 signed by the authors (lacking 10 works including the bas-relief on front cover, without tipped-in errata slip, faint spotting on some of the tipped in sheets with printed text, occasional light soiling, evidence of glue in place of removed artworks). Card covers, two elastic bands through punch holes.
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