, leather, wood 337, Malay ïmp. leather is with gold gold corner i flap of the rn with the (500-700) .'d mainly (if ïly inserted) antemp. gilt 000-8.000) asis on Africa. m Landsmann i und Sudan, ndere Tibsetis lernrcan, a few >, to E. Vogel, 'vett Cameron rd>; G. Ebers 2/1877, 3p.); von Hellwald P-); E. Holub 380, 4p.); (A. von Luschan I 19/10/1883, 875, 1 p.); P. 885, 2p.); E. Schweinfurth ; G. Thilenius .); J.E. Tinne i K.A. Zittel ^Jachtigal's or unique 19th )le source for tensive letter in the British ng a soon as 3750 Ravesteyn. S. (1889-1983). hii altiid het "universele", dat - natuurlijk - op de duur uitliep op . espace . nou ------------- • - ontmoet meerTik wel in Parijs, waar ik wel eens een week met hem samen was (met hem at; de gehele dag STÏÏ,Z^aeht en alleln in een hotel sliep,. (...) Ik meen niet, dat Rietveld hemweleens =l ontmoette, maar kan me daarin vergissen. Het zal meestal via v. Doesburg gegaan z„n (...). R. kwam later b„ "De Stijl" en toen was, dacht ik Mondriaan al naar Parijs. (...)". AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("S. Ravensteyn") to "Amice" w/sandbergl, dated "9/5~55", pen and blue ink, 1 leaf, 19,1x22 cm., recto and verso, \ w. printed letterhead in blue. - had wlth ,he .oulp.or Henri Moore. in whic* tf»y d^cussedToroiec, .ha, involved a maquette of a .tation designed by Ravensteyn. Ravenateyn ommant, on «oh^enSTnan U, diffioltie. that he fote.ee. and eventually cono,uded that the p,o,ect hac. to£ aborted •( I Moore i. een alleraardigste. intelligente, bescheiden en gewone man. nèt as.e m„ hadt gezegd ik °"g in zijn atelier praohtige dingen, vooral da, "foetus in de holte" motief i, ptaohtig van mysterieuze jfiA^ J^ weoërif'ah (1888-19631. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Henk W ") to "Waarde Wim"0^«*J (Sandberg) .dated "31 Aug 58", blue ballpoint. 1 leaf, 14,5x20,5 cm., rect^nly.^^^ printed letterhead in grey. JT I - Sm annot in Sandberg's hand on recto. . 7 \* U\AJAN)r\ = Short letter covering the sending of a photograph of the wal. designed by Rietveld for the Biennale. W.^f sharply negative comment of Wegerif on Rietveld's design. 07C1 Rietveld G (1888-1964). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("je vriend Rietv") to "Beste 3761 Sandberg , undated, pen and black ink, 1 leaf, 21 ^13,6 cm w pnn ed g ee letterhead "Rietveld architect", recto only. V>+)U f " rln f n" e and warm letter congratulating Sandberg on his birthday: "( > ik wou, dat we dan zouden we nog veel, waar naar we verlangen zien gebeuren. Nu moet ,e maar voorbeeld en stimulans bHjven voo" veel jonge mensen. Wat me (...) aan je verbindt is de blankheid en openheid van ,e werk; ,e werkt altijd als een verruiming een verheldering, zo iets als water doet bij mij (...) ?_____ 3752 3753 Rooskens J A. (1906-1976). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("Anton Rooskens") to "Waarde heer Sandberg": dated "Amsterdam/ 27-10-58", pen and blue mk, 1 leaf, 25,1x2^9 cm., recto only. - Small mark in pen and green ink in upper left corner. ,„nf. = Comments on a vernissage where he has seen many of his old friends and states that he was pleasanrty surprised at a letter confirming the purchase of his "Zwarte vogel" (by ?). He assumes Sandberg's advice was instrumental in this sale and thanks him for it. Sandberg. w.j.h.b. (1897-1984). Lot of 10 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED 3 SIGNED NEW VEAR'S WISHES and 1 exhibition announcement, dated between New York 23 1 70 and 1 QRqrciH" mostlv in Den and red, b ack or blue ink, 7 letters on z ainerenx letLbaoer deiignTbv Sandberg ("Felicitation" (6x in 2 variante) and "Merci" (lx) (SEE SS™ PL^TELxxxïv), other etters partly on paper w. letterpress letterhead, partly onpape/w stamped letterhead, various sizes, 10x orig. (airmail) envelopes P-served
BOOK AND PRINT AUCTION TUESDAY 27th MAY 200% AT 7.00 P.M. BOOKS ON ART 715 ANTIQUES - ORTMANN, E., The collector's guide to model tin figures. N.Y., 1974. Ills. Cloth - AND 8 others. € 50-70 716 APPLIED ART - ALBIS, J. D' & C. ROMANET., Porzellan aus Limoges. Tüb., 1982. Ills. Cloth - AND 5 others. € 50-80 Famous Bauhaus mam fes to 717 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN - BAUHAUS, Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar 1919-1923. Herausgegeben vom Staatlichen Bauhaus in Weimar und Karl Nierendorf in Köln. Weimar-München, Bauhausverlag, 1923. 226 p., 20 col. pis., 147 halftone illus. Orig. boards. Some wear to ends of backstrip and to corners of covers, name of former owned on free front end-paper clumsily removed, otherwise very good. Square 4to. € 1800-2400 Only edition of the famous Bauhaus manifesto, issued in 2,000 copies, on occasion of the Bauhaus exhibition in August and September 1923. The coloured plates include 9 original lithographs by Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, L. Hirschfeld-Mack (2), R. Paris, P. Keler and W.Molar, K. Schmidt (2), and F. Schleifer. The texts are a.o. by Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Pau/K/ee, Las^/ó Moholy-Nagy, and Oskar Schlemmer. See Illustration 718 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN - DUFET, MICHEL, Meubles, ensembles, décors. Recueil de documents et de commentaires sur la décoration d'intérieurs moderne contemporaine. Paris, Editions du Décor d'Aujourd'hui, 1945. 258,[2] p., 45 tipped-in col. pis., numerous drawings and halftone photos. Orig. decorated quarter linen. Binding a little thumbed, contents very good. Large 4to. € 60-90 Edition limited to 2000 copies. 719 ARCHITECTURE - RIETVELD, G. (1888-1964), Autograph letter signed, to Willem Sandberg One page 21.6x 13.8cm on Rietveld's business letter pape'r, not dated. - Complimentary letter on occasion of Sandberg's (sixtieth?) birthday, as may be concluded trom the text: "Beste Sandberg, ik wou, dat we beide veerti