The blind man / Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood ; edited by Sophie Seita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, artist.

Contributor:

Wood, Beatrice, artist.

Roché, Henri Pierre, 1879-1959, publisher.

Seita, Sophie (Poet), editor.

Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

Series:

Lost literature series ; #21.

Lost Literature series ; no. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dadaism.

Dadaist literature.

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.

Genre:

Artists' books (books) -- 2017.

Facsimiles.

Artists' books.

Physical Description:

6 booklets (60 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 poster.

Edition:

100th anniversary facsimile edition.

First edition, first printing, 2017.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Ugly Duckling Presse, [2017]

Summary:

'The Blind Man' was a key magazine of the early 20th century, the product of a rich network of proto-Dada, modernist and other avant-garde New York salons and publications that introduced audiences to Dada in the US. Produced by Marcel Duchamp, Beatrice Wood and Henri-Pierre Roché, only two issues of the 'Blind Man' ever appeared, but these included a who's who of the New York and Paris avant-gardes: Mina Loy, Walter Conrad Arensberg, Francis Picabia, Gabrielle Buffet, Allen Norton, Clara Tice, Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Demuth, Charles Duncan, Erik Satie, Carl Van Vechten and Louise Norton all appeared in its pages. Allegedly, the fate of the 'Blind Man' was decided in a chess game between Roché and Picabia (who was about to put out his own Dada publication, '391'). And the magazine went out with a bang--its final issue has gone down in art history for featuring Stieglitz's iconic photograph of Duchamp's 'Fountain' and a defense of that work, seen now as perhaps the most important artwork of the 20th century.

Contents:

[1-2] The Blind Man (Nos. 1 & 2)

[3] rongwrong, seminal New York Dada magazines edited by Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Woods in 1917

[4] The Blind Man Sees the Foundation: an introduction, New York Dada Magazines in 1917 (a scholarly introduction) by Sophie Seita

[5] Translations: the French texts of "Blind Man" and "rongwrong" by Elizabeth Zuba

[6] Man Ray's The Ridgefield Gazook (1915).

Notes:

"100th Anniversary Facsimile Edition"--Publisher card.

Facsimile reprint of Marcel Duchamp's influential Dada magazine, consisting of 6 booklets and 1 poster issued in cardboard slipcase.

"This box set contains facsimile editions of 'The Blind Man (Nos. 1 & 2) and 'rongwrong, ' seminal New York Dada magazines edited by Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, Beatrice Wood in 1917"--Publisher.

Included: Beatrice Wood's poster for The Blind Man's Ball 1917, Man Ray's The Ridgefield Gazook (1915), a scholarly introduction by Sophie Seita, translations of the French texts by Elizabeth Zuba.

Limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.

Fine Arts Rare copy is number 108.

Related Work:

Facsimile of: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968. Blind man. 1917.

ISBN:

9781937027889

1937027880

OCLC:

990493928