Oct 11, 2012 - Sale 2289

Sale 2289 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
KANDINSKY WASSILY; and MARC, FRANZ. Der Blue Reiter . . . Zweite Auflage. 35 plates, 4 of which are colored in pochoir with lettered tissue guards (1 each by Marc and Kandinsky), vignettes and initial letters by Arp and Marc, and 3 printed music plates after Schönberg. 4to, original cloth with woodcut illustration by Kandinsky, printed in blue and orange, minor soiling and rubbing, spine toned, some light blistering on rear cover, all edges trimmed and stained yellow; a few spots on title-page. Munich: Piper & Co., 1914

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second edition of the famous expressionist publication. "The philosophy behind this almanac is one of the most important concepts of the twentieth century art scene"--Reed 160; The Artist and the Book 139, Jentsch 5.