Dutch Avant Garde, twenty (rare) items

Mainly consisting of exhibition catalogues. Comprises a.o.: (1) Creatie 2. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Amst., Vereniging tot Bevordering van Absolute Kunst, 1952), 7 prints, all signed and numb. 41/50 in pencil, var. sizes, loosely inserted in orig. paper portfolio w. the printed title "Creatie 2" on front, obl. folio. Prints by G. van Amstel, W. Boers, G. Gerrits, J. Neumann, W. Strijbosch, E. Voeten and A. van der Vossen. Added to this copy are signed prints by J. Stellaart (numb. 1/4) and P. van Stuivenberg (numb. 27-40). (2) Manifest. Aan de kunstenaars van Nederland. N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (Voorbereidend Comité der Federatie van Beroepsverenigingen van Kunstenaars, 1945), 27 p., orig. stapled wr. (sl. dam. in upper inner corner). A few names of committee members: G. Gerrits, J. Engelman, F. van Hall, W. Sandberg and J.J. Voskuil. (3) Vrij Beelden Museum Fodor September 1949. Catalogus. Amst., 7 p., orig. stapled wr. (4) In der Sammlung Karl Ströher, Darmstadt, Ahastrasse 7, sind vom 28.4. bis 24.5.1952 ausgestellt: Holländische Avantgardisten (...). Stenciled announcement, 14 x 21 cm, dated 23.4.1952, folded. Extremely rare exhibition announcement of works by W. Boers, E. Brands, G. Gerrits and A. Rooskens. (5) Vrij Beelden en Creatie. Bussum etc., V+K Publishing/ Cobra Museum, 1996, 127 p., num. ills., orig. cl. w. dust wr., 4to. Published on occasion of the exhibition Doorbraak van de Moderne Kunst, Vrij Beelden '46-'50, CoBrA '48-51, Creatie '50-'53, vernieuwingen in nederland na 1945. -and 15 others.

(total 20)