SWITZERLAND TZARA, Tristan. THE FIRST CELESTIAL ADVENTURE OF - Lot 5

SWITZERLAND TZARA, Tristan. THE FIRST CELESTIAL ADVENTURE OF MR. ANTIPYRINE. Zurich, 1916. 23.3 x 16.5 cm, stapled, cover with a linocut by Marcel JANCO. First edition. Illustrated with six full-page color linocuts and a vignette by Marcel Janco. Autograph letter signed in ink by Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco, dated 1916, addressed to Francesco Meriano, editor of the magazine *La Brigata* in Bologna, to which Tzara contributed. Francesco Meriano is not named in the letter: Best regards, Tristan Tzara and Marcel Janco, Zürich, Switzerland, Frauminsterstrasse 21, Centralhof. Francesco Mariano, an Italian poet and writer, was a member of the Futurist movement. In superb condition. Reproduced in: - GLOBAL AVANTGARDE TYPOGRAPHY 1915–1950, p. 376, SWITZERLAND 1 (this copy) - L’ARTE DADA DELLA NEGAZIONE, p. 163 (this copy) - DOKUMENTATIONS-BIBLIOTHEK III, SAMMLUNG U. BIBLIOTHEK TRISTAN TZARA, no. 91 - THE AVANT-GARDE APPLIED, p. 364 - AVANT-GARDE PAGE DESIGN 1900–1950, p. 128

Estimate:£4,186.53

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