(Kraków): (1943). Original, vintage, black and white photograph, most likely by Witold Witaliński. 175 × 235 mm. Showing the avant-garde stage design and costumes of Juliusz Słowacki’s play “Balladyna”, directed by Tadeusz Kantor. Maria Proszkowska as Balladyna and Franciszek Puget as the Chancellor. “Balladyna” was staged on 22–24 May, 1943..... More

Budapest: Dokumentum, 1927. Cover and typography by Kassak. First edition. In original paper. 32 p. Rare book with design by Lajos. Kassak. More

Budapest: Hungaria, 1940. In original illustrated wrappers. 52 p. With the preface of Lajos Kassák, thirty poems and six drawings. Published in 300 copies, it is unnumbered. It was typographized and the cover was designed by Lajos Lengyel. Inscribed to the Cserepfalvi family. Imre Cserépfalvi, born Imre Deutsch (1900 -..... More

Budapest: Grill Cs[ászári]. és Kir[ályi]. Könyvkereskés; Benkő Gyula (Világosság), 1912. First edition. In original illustrated paper. 155, (5) p. Kassák’s debut book, a collection of short stories. The cover was designed by Béla Uitz, a close associate of Kassák. From 1916 they co-edited the major Hungarian avant-garde magazine “MA”... More

Wien (Vienna): Bécsi Magyar Kiadó (Johann N. Vernay), 1920. In pubisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Sándor Bortnyik. 159, (1) p. The Vienna edition of Kassák’s first novel that has originally published in Budapest, 1918. Cover by Sándor Bortnyik the avant-garde painter and graphic artist, the co-editor Kassák’s magazine “MA”. More

Budapest: Lajos Kassák (Krausz J. és Társa), March 1, 1918. Illustrated title page, a linocut illustration and a full page photographic reproduction. First edition. Text in Hungarian. (1), 30–40 p. With Ede Bohacsek’s drawing on title page, an original linocut by János Mattis-Teutsch and a photographic reproduction of Pál Pátzay’s..... More

Personal letters and greeting cards from and to family and friends. Contains photographs by Kepes, a letter by James Prestini and Mario Montagnana. György Kepes (1906–2001) was a Hungarian born visual artist, painter and designer. Emigrated to the the U.S. in 1937 and taught design at the New Bauhaus..... More

[S. l.]: [S.n], 1973. Original, vintage poster. rinted in black-and-white. Signed in the upper right in pen. With four photographic reproductions. 205 × 289 mm. Signed poster by the Hungarian Neo-Avant-Garde artist, Károly Kismányoky (1943–2018). The poster shows four black-and-white photographic reproductions of the documentation of Kismányoky’s..... More

Dresden: Galeria Neue Kunst Fides, 1929. First edition. In original paper with a reproduction of Klee’s painting on the cover and with illustrations inside. 12 unnumbered pages. An extremely scarce catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Galeria Neue Kunst Fides, to commemorate Klee’s 50th birthday. More

Lodz: AR. 1931. Book design by Władyslaw Strzeminski. In original illustrated paper. 79 p. 46 illustration. The extremely rare iconic book by Kobro and Strzeminski where they presented the theory of Unism and referred to key Europen artists (Van Doesburg,Vamtongerloo, Moholy, Archipenko, Lipchitz etc.). More

Riga: Avanti, 1932. With illustrated title and several text illustrations. First edition. First issue (of 11). Stapled wraps. 15, (1) p. First issue of the richly illustrated leftist, avant-garde Latvian weekly magazine. The “Informators” was a illustrated weekly cultural magazine, with covers and illustrations by Kārlis Buss, Samuils Haskins..... More

Riga: Laikmeta izdevums, 1932. First edition. In publisher’s, uncredited Constructivist wrappers. 77, (3) p. Andrejs Kurcijs (1884-1959) was a Latvian poet, writer, literary critic and leftist politician. A major figure of Latvian artistic and political life of the time. He was strongly influenced by the contemporary European modern artistic movements..... More

Riga: “Kulturas Balss” Izdevums, 1921. Avant-garde book of poem, with Niklavs Strunke’s cover design. First edition. In original, illustrated wrapper. 47, (1) p. Andrejs Kurcijs (1884-1959) Latvian writer, literary critic and leftist politician. One of the major figures of Latvian artistic and political life of the time. He was strongly..... More