Nova Tendencija & Nouvelle Tendance

Nouvelle Tendance (New Tendency) was an art movement founded in Yugoslavia in 1961, but soon became international in scope. Distinct groups of artists who became associated with Nouvelle Tendance included GRAV, Gruppo T, Gruppo N, and Zero. Included in this lot are 2 catalogues of influential group shows:

Propositions visuelles du mouvement international Nouvelle Tendance. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1964. Edited by Michel Fare and Karl Gerstner. 16 x 16 cm, 105 pp. Artists and collectives included Demarco, Richter, Riley, Uecker, Equipo 57, Groupe de Recherche d'art Visuele, Groupe T and Groupe N. among others. Text in French. + Nova tendencija 3, Galerija suvremene umjetnosti, Zagreb, 1965. 20 x 21 cm, 180 pp. Rare document of a large international group exhibition in Zagreb in 1965. Featuring Gerstner, Von Graevenitz, Mestrovic, Morellet, Munari, De Vries, Rot, Peeters, Ricerca Cibernetica Gruppo, Equipo 57 and others. Text in French, Italian, German, English, Russian and Yugoslavian. + 14 pages with stencilled program information about Nova tendencija 4, dated November 1968.