‎André de RIDDER - Paul-Gustave VAN HECKE - Gustave DE SMET - Georges MARLIER (editors) - [ ] Sélection Chronique de la Vie Artistique :‎
‎Sélection. Chronique de la vie artistique ( et littéraire ) Série 1-6 ( = Année) 1-6 (all published). Added: 3 tracts.‎

‎" Bruxelles, éditions Sélection, 1 aôut 1920 - septembre 1927 (= série 1-6, année 1-6), Complete.series (all published) The series is composed as follows: [1st year] Published with fragile coloured wrappers. Stapled issues of ca. 40 pp. In fine condition, protected by transparent paper covers. Only cover of issue 10 is discoloured and with some water stains at the inner marging of the cover only. Cover or 3 issues with some minor soiling due to corrosion of the staples, [2nd year] Presented bound in a publisher's decorated cloth cover. Fine copy.. Both 1st and 2nd year together in a blue slipcase with leather title label on spine. [3rd year] Issues 1-5 in the blue publisher's cloth binding, With decoration and lettering in white ink (lettering partially disappeared due to poor ink quality). Issues 6 - 10 loose as issued. [4rd year] & [5th year] & [6th year] bound per year in the original blue publisher's cloth. Binding with minimal wear at extremities, white ink decoration and lettering on spine and frontcovering finely preserved (except for spine of vol. 4 which shows some wear). In all a very good set of this very periodical..We add the 3 tracts published by Sélection (the last one in photostat). A rare complete set this Belgian interbellum avant-garde periodical which was devoted to modern art in Europe during this interesting period. It was founded by André de Ridder and Paul-Gustave van Hecke, with Gustave De Smet (who provided the well-known cover design) and Georges Marlier. Each series comprises 10 issues. The covers of the first series (first year) are all done by a different artist in a different color (De Smet , Joostens , Spilliaert , Ramah , Geo Navez , Cantré , Creten , Derain, Fritz van den Berghe , Prosper de Troyer ). Among the contributors we find e.g.; Max Jacob, André Desson , Léon Duesberg , Tristan Tzara , Hubert Dubois , André Salmon , M. Lecomte , Erik Satie , Paul van Ostayen, Jean Cocteau , H. Vandeputte , Nico Rost. Many issues contain original graphic illustrations, woodcuts, drawings etc. by such artists as Masereel, George Grosz , Henri van Straten, Edgar Tytgat , Chagall, Zadkine , Picasso , Man Ray, Raoul Dufy, Léger, R. Guiette..."‎

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