Catalogue 32 - Marilyn Braiterman

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JAZZ AGE ILLUSTRATION
61. MORAND, PAUL. POÈMES (1914-1924). LAMPES A ARC,
FEUILLES DE TEMPÉRATURE SUIVIES DE VINGT-CINQ
POÈMES SANS OISEAUX.
Toulouse: Editions Richard, 1926. Large 8vo, bound in three-quarter
morocco and marbled boards; endpapers marbled, spine banded
and gilt-lettered. The original wrappers, including the spine, with
mounted front cover illustration of the empty bird cage, a glass and a
flask, are bound in. Foxing to preliminaries and some light scattered
foxing throughout. The illustrations are clean and bright even when
their mounts are lightly foxed.
One of 400 copies with sixteen color aquarelles by Georges Gaudion
reproduced in pochoir by Jean Saudé. Lively Jazz Age scenes. Paul
Morand was an early Modernist poet, playwright, novelist and
diplomat, best known for his literary work in the 1920s. $1750
62. MOSER, KOLOMAN. DIE QUELLE/
FLÄCHENSCHMUCK.
Vienna: Martin Gerlach (1901). Oblong 4to, decorated cloth
portfolio with flap. Minor foxing but a beautiful copy. With the
wounded satyr bookplate of “Ex Biblio Hamill”. Color pictorial title
page and thirty color plates; each plate double-sided with color and
gilt design on recto and a different black and white design on verso.
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The third and most beautiful portfolio in the three volume series,
“Die Quelle” (The Source). Moser was an Austrian graphic artist and
designer, a founder of the Vienna Secession who with Josef Hoffmann
established the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903.
Designs for flat surfaces such as wall hangings, upholstery, decorated
papers and rugs, incorporating mermaids, dancers, fish, flowers,
butterflies and plants in fantastical geometric forms in repetitive
patterns.
Skrypzak and Buenger, Design, Vienna, 1890s to 1930s, page 97: “…
Moser plays with fore-and background space through the juxtaposition
of form, color and pattern. The result is spatial tension that verges on
optical illusion. Inspired by Japanese prints, Moser also superimposed
square or rectangular insets on the patterns that identify the name of
the design and its suggested use.” (See additional illustration on front
cover.) $15,000
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