Zden k lorenc (3 Ergebnisse)

Kladno: Nakladatelství mladých, 1946. Octavo (21.3 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers, printed in blue and light green, with an illustration by Istler; 73, [2] pp. Frontis illustration by Istler. Very good. Scarce early publication of the Czech post-war surrealist group Skupina Ra (Group Ra), containing poems by Zden?k Lorenc and a frontispiece illustration by Josef Istler. Lorenc (1919-1999) was a noted Czech surrealist writer and a co-founder of Skupina Ra. The group's roots go back to the 1930s, but given the Nazi occupants' view of surrealism as a "degenerate art" its members were unable to publish during World War II. Unsurprisingly, the years immediately following the war saw a burst of activity, leading to the official creation of the group, which also included Josef Istler, Milo? Ko?e?ek, Bohdan Lacina, Vilém Reichmann, Václav Tikal, and Václav Zykmund. During Husák's Normalization regime of the 1970s many of them would once again run afoul of official state aesthetics. Istler was also a member of the CoBrA group from 1948 to 1951 and participated in the group's exhibitions. His works are widely held internationally, among others at the Stedelijk, the Centre Pompidou, and Tate Gallery. As of March 2024, KVK, OCLC only show two copies outside the Czech Republic, one in Berlin and one in London. …

[Czech Republic]: self-published, 1945. Quarto (30.5 × 20.7 cm). Original light blue spiral-bound printed wrappers; a black-and-white reproduction of a work by Josef Istler on coated paper stock, [10] pages of text, plus colophon. Signed by Istler to the colophon. Very good; light smudge to front wrapper; wrappers slightly discolored. One of the earliest publications of the Czech post-war surrealist group Skupina Ra (Group Ra), containing nine poems by Zden?k Lorenc and a frontispiece illustration by Josef Istler (reproduction of a painting). Lorenc (1919-1999) was a noted Czech surrealist writer and a co-founder of Skupina Ra. The group's roots go back to the 1930s, but given the Nazi occupants' view of surrealism as a "degenerate art" its members were unable to publish during World War II. Unsurprisingly, 1945 thus saw a burst of activity, leading to the official creation of the group, which also included Josef Istler, Milo? Ko?e?ek, Bohdan Lacina, Vilém Reichmann, Václav Tikal, and Václav Zykmund. During Husák's Normalization regime of the 1970s many of them would once again run afoul of official state aesthetics. One of 100 copies, this one no. 94. Another fifteen copies were printed on laid paper and inscribed by the author. As of December 2023, KVK, OCLC only show one copy outside the Czech Republic, but none in North America.…

Prague: Dru?stvo "Vlast", 1948. Small octavo (16 × 12 cm). Original staple-stitched printed; [26] pp. of text. Fourteen black-and-white reproductions and a frontis portrait of the author. Signed by three of the four contributors: Lorenc, Kundera, and Tome? Very good. Scarce booklet accompanying what appears to be the first solo exhibit of works by Lacina, following just one year after the first legal exhibition of the Skupina Ra group, an important Czech post-war surrealist group which sharply distinguished itself from pre-war Czech surrealism. Accompanied by short essays by three founding members of the Skupina Ra, as well as the noted modernist poet Franti?ek Halas. With fourteen reproductions of Lacina's surrealist paintings, a list of previous exhibitions, and a bibliography of publications with his participation as an illustrator. Also included is a French-language resume. As of January 2024, KVK, OCLC show four copies in North America.…