Klingen (Volume 2, 1918-1919)
Copenhagen Denmark: 1918-1919. Yellowish lityhographed thick paper-covered boards. 16.125" x 12.25". A bound year of this very scarce Avante-Garde Periodical. Text mixed with illustrations, lithographs, etc. 10 issues Sequential, and no issue 10 or 11, but all that was published for this volume) All indications are that the volume is complete. Genberally VG, covers have minor chips to extremities. Item #175259
From WIKIPEDIA: "Klingen was established in 1917 and the first issue appeared in October 1917. The founder was the painter and graphic artist Axel Salto. The magazine was based in Copenhagen. It was considered to be a significant vehicle for the entrance of modernism in Denmark. In addition, it was instrumental in expanding avant-garde art into Nordic countries. The magazine had significant effects on painters, writers and intellectuals. The artists attached to the magazine had an optimistic view following World War I, and argued that the beauty in art had social and political significance in that it provided a means in understanding and responding to the chaotic situation of post-war Europe.
Major contributors included Otto Gelsted, Emil Bønnelycke, Poul Henningsen and Sophus Danneskjold-Samsøe. Klingen ceased publication in November 1920 and a total of thirty-six issues were published. In 1942 an anniversary issue was published. Very scarce, no copies found for sale.
The article "Avant-Garde Manoeuvres andthe Aesthetics of War in the Art Magazine Klingen (1917-1920)" appears in the book titled "A cultural history of the avant-garde in the Nordic countries 1900-1925" by Hubert Van Den Berg.
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