Sborník Literární skupiny 1923 - Josef Zamazal

BLATNÝ, Lev; GÖTZ, František; JERÁBEK, Čestmír; KALISTA, Zdeněk; ZAMAZAL, Josef (eds.). Sborník Literární skupiny 1923 [Almanac of the Literary Group 1923]. Brno: Literární skupina, 1923.

4to (26.2 × 21.5 cm). Limited edition, this being no. 833 of 1,050 numbered copies. Original illustrated wrappers, anonymously designed by Josef Zamazal. Good condition. 2-cm closed tear at right border of front wrappers, 2-cm tear to lower spine. No loss. Stain to extreme upper border of back cover.

The third and most ambitious almanac of the Literární skupina (Literary Group), one of the principal forums of Czech Expressionism and the emerging interwar avant-garde. Edited by Lev Blatný, František Götz, Čestmír Jerábek, Zdeněk Kalista, and Josef Zamazal, the volume brings together poetry, literary criticism, theoretical essays, and reproductions of contemporary European and Czech art.

Illustrated with reproductions after works by André Derain, Tsuguharu Foujita, Maurice Utrillo, Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Josef Šíma, Ladislav Vaněk, and Josef Zamazal, demonstrating the editors' close engagement with the latest developments in European modernism.