Hans arp modigliani (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. (252 x 196 mm). [36 leaves; pp. 70]. Title, leaf with monochrome portrait frontispiece of Arp by Modigliani recto and Arp's verse recto and verso, final leaves with 'Inhalt'. Original publisher's thin ran card with the repetitive motif of 'Der Pyramidenrock' printed across the front and rear three times and downward forty-one times. First edition of Hans Arp's poems. Written in German in four-line stanzas with varying meters, 'Der Pyramidenrock' ('the Pyramid Dress') was Arp's third collection of Dada verse after 'Der Vogel Selbdritt' and 'Die Wolkenpumpe' both published in 1920. Including poems such as 'sekundenzeiger' ('the Second Hand'), 'arabische sanduhr' ('Arabic Hourglass') and 'Die gebadete Urtext' ('the Washed Urtext').The portrait frontispiece is said to have been done by Modigliani in 1914 in Paris when Arp first became acquainted with Picasso, Apollinaire and other leading Modernist figures. Faint tanning at spine area and slight discreet renovation at head of spine. Very good indeed. Very good indeed condition with text inevitablyslightly browned.…