Garvey, no. 2.<\/p>\n
First edition of this lovely book illustrated with 10 original woodcuts by Hans Arp.<\/span><\/p>\n A very fine copy inscribed by Tzara to the artist and painter Pierre Daval.<\/p>\n Regular issue.<\/p>\n The first collection of Tzara’s poems, illustrated by Arp, two of the most important figures at the beginning of the newly created Dada style being the artistic expression of the most decisive European avant-garde movement of the 20th century. Composed between 1916 and 1918, these poems in the purest Dadaist vein hold an important place in the history of poetry, privileging pure rhythm over meaning.<\/p>\n They also mark the first meeting between the Romanian poet and the Alsatian painter, both co-founders of the Dada movement.<\/p>\n Dada was born in 1916 in Zurich, a meeting place for artists and writers who had fled the First World War. It was there that Tristan Tzara, Marcel Janco, Hugo Ball, Richard Huelsenbeck and Hans\/Jean Arp met.<\/p>\n “In February 1916, Ball ad his partner Emmy Hennings foundet Cabaret Volatire, the epicenter of the Dada movement, where artists conveived ideas and organized performances. Dadaism erupted as a reaction to the mechanized atrocities unleashed by the war and quickly established itself in Berlin, Paris, New York, and various European centers. Unlike the Italian Futurists, who glorified militarism, Dada artists saw the war as the ultimate breakdown of Western civilization” (Andel, Avant-garde paper Design, p. 124).<\/p>\n “En janvier 1920, quittant Z\u00fcrich pour Paris, Tristan Tzara \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 c\u00e9l\u00e8bre. Les manifestations de Dada auxquelles il avait particip\u00e9es avec Hugo Ball ou qu\u2019il avait foment\u00e9es, les expositions qu\u2019il avait organis\u00e9es, la revue Dada qu\u2019il dirigeait depuis 1917, la Collection Dada, qu\u2019il avait cr\u00e9\u00e9e, o\u00f9 deux de ses plaquettes avaient paru (La Premi\u00e8re aventure c\u00e9leste de Monsieur Antipyrine en 1916, puis Vingt-cinq po\u00e8mes en 1918) l\u2019avaient situ\u00e9 apr\u00e8s le retrait d\u2019Hugo Ball comme la principale figure de Dada” (Antoine Coron, De Goya \u00e0 Max Ernst, Biblioth\u00e8que de R.M., p. 202).<\/p>\n The book is illustrated with 10 original woodcuts by Hans Arp, including one repeat for the lettering piece on the front cover.<\/p>\n “An important document of the Dada movement by two of the founders. The non-objective woodcuts are similar to Arp’s wooden reliefs and collages at this time and their free form is expressive of the automatic quality valued by the Dadaists” (Garvey).<\/p>\n Important provenance This copy is inscribed<\/p>\n “\u00e0 Pierre Deval Pierre Deval (1897-1993), artist and painter, born Lyon, moved to Paris in 1921 as an art student. He there met the protagonists of Dada, namely Tzara, Breton et Aragon and participated in the movement.<\/p>\n Very good copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8vo (197 x 142 mm) 26 un.l. Original publishers boards, stapled, gilt paper label on top cover with title and decorated with an original woodcut by Hans Arp, modern chemise in bronze coloured calf backed boards and slipcase (Pierre Lucien Martin).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":79146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1241,1246,1450,1264],"class_list":{"0":"post-78383","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-20th-century-illustrations","8":"product_tag-20th-century-literature","9":"product_tag-first-edition","10":"product_tag-inscription","11":"pa_auteur-tzara-tristan-2","12":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Tristan TZARA","chapeau":"Inscribed by Tzara","adresse_bibliographique":"Z\u00fcrich, collection dada, 1918","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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chez Cerf\u00e0 7 mai 1921″<\/p>\n