Raoul Hausmann IVAM Centre Julio Gonzalez 10 Febrero / 24 Abril 1994

Valencia: Institut Valencia s'Art Modern, 1994. First edition. Softcover. Near fine condition. Quarto. 323 (1)pp. Original photo-illustrated stiff glossy wraps with white lettering on cover, black on spine. Bright red endpapers. Frontispiece portrait photograph of Hausmann by August Sander. Exhibition catalog.

"Contrary to what happens with the chemical composition of ammonium chloride, which only consists of ammonia and hydrochloric acid, the Dada solvent is made up of a large number of the most disparate elements. This also applies, and especially, (truncated) to the "Dadasopher" Raoul Hausmann, whose life does not differ much from the principle of simultaneity of a Dadaist collage: painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, writer, poet, satirist, dancer, photographer and inventor, photomontager and fashion designer, philosopher." (Züchner).

Major monogram on Raoul Hausmann. Profusely illustrated with b/w and color reproductions of works of Hausmann. Contains section with Hausmann writings, printed to salmon color paper, chronology, history of exhibitions and bibliography at rear. Pp. 283-323 with English texts at rear, else text in Spanish. Minor wear along edges of wraps. (Inventory #: 51269)