Lot 14
  • 14

Karel Teige

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Karel Teige
  • A collection of five works typographically designed by him, 1928-1929, comprising:
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BIEBL, Konstantin. S lodí jež dováží čaj a kávu. Poesie. Prague: Odeon, 1928, 8vo, copy number 93 of a limited edition of 115 copies, printed in red and black, original coloured printed wrappers loose over board, unsewn as issued, SIGNED BY BIEBL on verso of frontispiece
BIEBL, Konstantin. Zlom. Nové vydání. Prague: Odeon, 1928, 8vo, illustrations printed on yellow paper, original printed wrappers
NEUMANN, Stanislav Kostka. Bragožda. Prague: Odeon, 1928, 8vo, original printed wrappers, backstrip slightly defective at head
VANČURA, Vladislav. Pekař Jan Marhoul [third edition]. Prague: Odeon, 1929, 8vo, original printed wrappers
DYMEŠ, Ladislav. Ze světa do světa [second edition]. Prague: R. Rejman, 1929, 8vo, original printed wrappers, uncut

Exhibited

Houston, Cullen Collection, 2011, nos 26-30, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

A group of works with Teige's characteristic Constructivist design, mostly published by Odeon in Prague, run by Jan Fromek, which was the main publisher for Devětsil works from 1925 to 1931; for other works from this press, see lots 15, 16.