[REVIEW]. 20th century. Cahiers d'Art published... - Lot 220 - Ader

[REVIEW]. 20th century. Cahiers d'Art published under the direction of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro. Paris : Fernand Hazan, 1951-1960. - 20 issues bound in 6 volumes in-4. Red half-chagrin, smooth spine, covers preserved (contemporary binding). Set of the first 20 issues of the new series of the art magazine XXe siècle initially created in 1938 and which lasted until 1981. It was directed successively by its creator Gualtieri di San Lazzaro from 1938 to 1974 and then by Alain Jouffroy. The volumes are composed as follows: Volume 1: - N° 1 - June 1951: Nouveaux destins de l'art. Lithographs by Jean ARP, Henri LAURENS, Marino MARINI and Henry MOORE. - N° 2 - January 1952 : New conceptions of space. Original lithographs by Charles LAPICQUE, Fernand LÉGER and Alberto MAGNELLI, etching by Jacques VILLON. - N° 3 - June 1952 : Art and poetry since Apollinaire. Original lithographs by Joan MIRÓ, Alexander CALDER, Alberto GIACOMETTI and Henri MICHAUX. - N° 4 - January 1954 : Report on figurative art. Original lithographs by Alfred MANESSIER and Victor VASARELY, and 2 woodcuts by Jean ARP. - N° 5 - June 1955 : Matter and time in the plastic arts. Original lithographs by Marino MARINI, Mark TOBEY and Gustave SINGIER. Volume 2 : - N° 6 - January 1956: Le papier collé du cubisme à nos jours. Stencils by Georges BRAQUE, Henri LAURENS, Jean ARP, Joan MIRÓ, Alberto MAGNELLI and Jean DUBUFFET. - N° 7 - June 1956: Ten years of contemporary art (1945-1955). Original lithographs and stencils by Pablo PICASSO, Alberto GIACOMETTI, Serge POLIAKOFF, Pierre SOULAGES, VIEIRA DA SILVA, Henri MICHAUX, Sophie TAEUBER-ARP and Sonia DELAUNAY. - Double of the n° 7 - N° 8 - January 1957 : Art and humour in the XXth century. Stencils by Jean DUBUFFET, Jean ARP and Joan MIRÓ, lithograph by Joan MIRÓ. Volume 3 : - N° 9 - June 1957 : True and false realism in contemporary art. Lithographs by Marc CHAGALL and Jean FAUTRIER, stencils by Sonia DELAUNAY, Piet MONDRIAN, Giuseppe CAPOGROSSI and Alberto MAGNELLI. - N° 10 - March 1958 : Plastic writing. Lithographs by Pablo PICASSO, Jean DUBUFFET, Serge POLIAKOFF and Zao WOU-KI, engraving on slate by Raoul UBAC, stencils by Joan MIRÓ, Max ERNST, Giuseppe CAPOGROSSI and Victor VASARELY, zincography by Henri MICHAUX. - N° 11 - Christmas 1958 : The New relationship between art and nature. Original lithographs by Georges BRAQUE and Max ERNST, stencils by Jean ARP, Georges BRAQUE and Jean BAZAINE. Volume 4 : - N° 12 - May-June 1959 : Psychology of technique. Lithographs by Jacques VILLON and Hans HARTUNG, stencils by Mark TOBEY, Nicolas de STAËL and Lucio FONTANA. - N° 13 - Christmas 1959 : Twenty years before. Engravings (wood and linoleum) in black and in colors by Henri MATISSE, Vassili KANDINSKY, Alberto MAGNELLI, Jean ARP, Max ERNST, Joan MIRÓ and Henri LAURENS, after the first series of the XXth century, stencil by Zoran MUSIC, wood in colors by Pietro CONSAGRA, and original lithograph by Pierre SOULAGES. - N° 14 - June 1960 : New situations of contemporary art. Original lithographs by Pierre ALECHINSKY, François FIEDLER and Marc CHAGALL. Volume 5 : - N° 15 - Christmas 1960 : La Révolution de la couleur. Original lithograph by Alfred MANESSIER - N° 16 - May 1961 : The renewal of relief. Original lithographs by CÉSAR, Joan MIRÓ and Emilio VEDOVA. - N° 17 - Christmas 1961 : For an assessment of the century. Original lithograph by Serge POLIAKOFF. Volume 6 : - N° 18 - February 1962 : Construction of space. Original lithograph by VIEIRA DA SILVA. - No. 19 - June 1962: Decisive turning points. Original lithograph by Jean ARP. - N° 20 - Christmas 1962 : Art, conscience of the world. Lithographs by Max ERNST, Alfred MANESSIER and Enrico BAJ. Spine slightly faded, rubbing from use on hinges and headpieces. Head cover of the fifth volume damaged. The binder has kept all the first covers but only the second cover of the number that ends each volume. Rubbing and tears to the cloth of the second cover of the second volume. The issues are perfectly preserved.