Verlag der Fragments – Galerie UBU
Karlsruhe in Baden: Verlag der Fragmente – Galerie UBU, 1954. Ten-panel leporello folded seven times, measuring 15 × 65 cm (5.9 × 25.2 in) unfolded and 6.5 × 7.5 cm (2.6 × 3 in) folded. With four round holes measuring 0.5 cm (0.2 in), punched through eight panels. Printed in red and gray on glossy cream-colored stock. Text in German.
Leporello publisher’s prospectus issued jointly by Verlag der Fragmente and Galerie Ubu in 1954, promoting titles by various artists and literary modernists, spanning surrealism, symbolism, the visual avant-garde, and poetry. Contributors include Guillaume Apollinaire, Hans Arp, André Breton, Alexander Calder, Robert Creeley, Max Ernst, Gustave Flaubert, Claire Goll, Yvan Goll, Alfred Jarry, Henri Michaux, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Charles Olson, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and Yves Tanguy, among others.
Artifact Vibration Score: 7.9.
Age toning, handling creases, three small closed tears at center fold line, a small brown stain at one panel, and faint writing indents at rear panel. Else very good. Item 1302.
Price: $100.00