Grand Bal Transmental

LARIONOV, Mikhail & Nataliya Goncharova and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental. Paris. Francois Bernouard (for) Union des Artistes Russes. 1923.
Excellent group related to the first experimental ball of the Union of Russian Artists in Paris. The printed programme is a typographical masterpiece, with participations of Juan Gris, Derain, Picasso and Goncharova, incorporating poems by French and Russian artists, such as Tristan Tzara.

Programme (large 4to), and two folded inserts (ticket & handbill). pp. 12 (programme), with one tipped-in illustration after Derain, lithographs, texts and illustrations, one by Picasso. Programme in original printed wrappers. Additional ticket: black and orange lithograph on beige paper, designed by Larionov; handbill: black lithograph on green paper, designed by Larionov.

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LARIONOV, M[ikhail], Nataliya GONCHAROVA, [Pablo] PICASSO and others. Grand Bal Travesti / Transmental [Programme, Ticket and Handbill]. Francois Bernouard for Union des Artistes Russes, Paris, 1923.

Large 4to (33 x 26 cm) and 2 sheets (50 x 13 and 22 x 27.7 cm). Programme: [12] pp. with one tipped-in illustration after Derain, lithographs texts and illustrations, one by Picasso coloured in pastel blue and yellow; ticket: black and orange lithograph on beige paper, designed by Larionov; handbill: black lithograph on green paper, designed by Larionov; fold in centre. Sheets loose as issue, programme in printed pictorial wrappers. With the Picasso plate in two colours: excellent group related to the first experimental ball of the Union of Russian Artists in Paris. The printed programme is a typographical and artistic masterpiece, with participations of Juan Gris, Derain, Picasso and Goncharova, incorporating poems by French and Russian artists, such as Tristan Tzara.

[SW: Avant-Garde & Ballet]

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