Aesthetic Meditations on Painting (removed from The Little Review)
New York: 1922. Hardbound. Marbled boards with paper labels on cover and spine. No title page (not issued), collated as described below. An extraordinary copy, with little wear and bright clean sheets. Item #119844
First series pp. 7-19, with 6 bw plates on individual sheets. Second Series pp. 41-59, 5 bw plates on 2 sheets. Second Series (Continued) pp. 49-60, 1 full-page bw plates and then 5 bw plates on 2 sheets. This book represent the bound sheets from the Spring, Autumn and Winter (1922) issues of The Little Review, which published the first English translations of these important essays. Illustrated works are by Picabia (5), Marie Laurencin, Albert Gleizes, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Jean Metzinger, Man Ray (Rayograph), Juan Gris, Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, R. Duchamo-Villon, Fernand Leger.
Price: $315.00