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 cover and eight exquisite illustrations in black by Max Ernst. Text in French translated from German by Robert Valançay. One of 550 numbered copies on Alfama, hand numbered 121. Rare first edition, with browning on cover and wear along spine, interior very good.

(2) Raoul Hausmann, Courrier Dada. Paris, Le Terrain Vague, 1958. Softcover, 14 x 19.2 cm, 157 pp. plus bio-bibliography of the author by Poupard-Lieussou. Text in French. Hausmann reviews the Dada period, highlighting Huelsenbeck and Baader, Antidada and Merz. Contains several b/w plates of Hausmann's Dada works and portraits of Baader, Schwitters et al. Cover and spine show age wear, including tears along the top and bottom of spine. Interior in fine condition. (total 2)