Theo van Doesburg. De Stijl, Maandblad Voor De Beeldende Vakken. 1e Jaargang, Nr. 1

Delft, X. Harms Tiepen, 1917. Edited by Theo van Doesburg, featuring contributions by Vilmos Huszar, Piet Mondriaan and others. Staplebound wrappers, 26 x 19.3 cm, 12 pp. Complete...

Dada Almanach

Published by Richard Huelsenbeck on behalf of the Zentralamts der Deutschen Dada-Bewegung (Central Office of the German Dada Movement). Berlin, Erich Reiss, 1920. Hardcover, linen...

Theo van Doesburg. Postcard to Evert Rinsema, 1921

Original postcard with typography by Theo van Doesburg. 9.2 x 14.2 cm, printed black and red on recto only. Mailed copy postmarked Leiden 13.12.21. Recto addressed to Den Heer...

Collection of three Papillons Dada, ca. 1919-1920

Three leaflets, printed black on green and brown paper. Contains 'Dada ne signifie rien', 6.9 x 10.5 cm, 'Chaque spectateur', 6.9 x 10.7 cm, and 'Taisez-vous', 6.8 x 10.7 cm. The...

Le Coeur a Barbe. Journal transparent, No.1 (all published)

Paris, Au Sans Pareil, April 1922. Stapled wrappers, 22.8 x 14.2 cm, printed black on peach paper. A seminal Dadaist publication issued by Tristan Tzara as a response to attacks...

Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters. Kleine Dada Soirée

The Hague, 1922. Offset lithograph on paper printed in black and red, 30 x 30 cm. Poster for the iconic 'Dada-fieldtrip' held by Theo and Nelly van Doesburg, Kurt Schwitters and...

Kurt Schwitters. Das Unbild, postcard to C.R. de Boer, 1923

Card with handwritten text by Schwitters on both sides, sent to the architect C.R. de Boer, in Drachten, The Netherlands. Original Schwitters Merzbild postcard 'Das Unbild', Verlag...

Kurt Schwitters. Der Lustgalgen, postcard to C.R. de Boer, 1924

Card with handwritten text, on both sides, by Schwitters sent to architect De Boer, Drachten, The Netherlands. Original postcard Schwitters' Merzplastik Der Lustgalgen, Verlag...

Kurt Schwitters. Elementar. Die Blume Anna. Die Neue Blume Anna

Eine Gedichtsammlung aus den Jahren 1918-1922. Einbecker Politurausgabe von Kurt Merz Schwitters. Berlin, Verlag der Sturm, undated (1923). Softcover, staple bound, 22.7 x 15.3 cm, 32 pp.

Kurt (Merz) Schwitters. Auguste Bolte. Inscribed 'Für meinen lieben Huszar 28.9.23'

on the cover in ink. Tran Nr. 30 Auguste Bolte (Ein Lertran). Berlin, Verlag der Sturm, 1923. First edition 1923, though mentioned as the 5th edition, which was a joke by the author....

Artists' books by Kurt Schwitters and Raoul Hausmann

(1) Kurt Schwitters and Max Ernst, La Loterie du Jardin Zoologique. Librairie Les Pas Perdus / Collection de l'Age d'or No.6, 1951. Softcover, 12.7 x 16.4 cm, 78 pp. Illustrated...

Six publications on Kurt Schwitters, issued between 1956-1963

(1) Kurt Schwitters. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1956. Softcover catalogue, 26 x 19 cm, 28 pp. (2) Stefan Themerson, Kurt Schwitters in England. London, Gaberbocchus Press,...

Kurt Schwitters. Cigarren. Amsterdam, De Zondagsdrukker, 1967.

Rare bibliophile copy of Schwitter's famous sound poem, first printed in 1922 in 'Die Blume Anna'. Contains a proof print and final version, printed by Reinold Kuipers in an edition...

Two Dada documents. New York, Wittenborn Schulz Inc., 1951

(1) An Introduction to Dada by Tristan Tzara. Single sheet, 28 x 28.5 cm, printed both sides on peach paper. Folded twice to 14 x 14.5 cm. In excellent condition.

Dada! Dada Damals- Dada Heute? Pamphlet and programme booklets 1958-1973

(1) (In)famous pamphlet titled 'Dada!'. Original supplement to the periodical Gard-Sivik No.12 published in Brasschaat/Antwerpen/Rotterdam, 1958. Designed in mock Dada-typography,...

Nelly van Doesburg. Postcard and inscribed book to K. Schippers, 1973-1974

(1) Handwritten postcard sent to K. Schippers from Italy by Nelly van Doesburg (1899-1975) on April 16 1973. 10.5 x 15 cm. In addition to her regards, Nelly writes 'I hope the...

Holland Dada. Two exhibition posters, 1974

(1) Holland Dada, announcement for the exhibition at Museum 't Coopmanshus Franeker, 27 April - 4 June 1974. Colour offset poster, 60 x 40 cm. Mild creases in lower edge, otherwise a fine copy.

Facsimile Dada Periodicals and Kurt Schwitters Almanach

(1) Dada Zeitschriften Reprint. Hamburg, Edition Nautilus, 1978. First edition. Cardboard portfolio, 30 x 24 cm, housing 9 facsimile Dada magazines, printed in their original formats....

Kurt Schwitters in Norway

Three recent (out of print) publications evaluating Schwitters’s work when exiled in Norway in the 1930s. All first editions, out of print and in mint state. (1) Schwitters in...