TAPTOE

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Nos. 2-7 (of 7 publ.).Brussel, 1953-1955. Mimeographed, folio (nos.2-5 and folded half-folio nos 6-7). Stapled in the left corner. Paper age-yellowd, occasionaly foxed and lightly soiled; one page with marginal damage, without text loss. The issues have been rhrough the mail, Mailing address and postal stamps on some of the numbers.
Together with:
COBRA, Galerie Taptoe Brussels, 1956
Alechinsky, Appel, Baj, Jorn, Rein, d’Haese, Roel, Ting, Wyckaert et Dotremont avec Cobra. Exhibition announcement, 18.6 x 26.8 cm, printed both sides, black ink on white stock.== Features a collective exhibition of COBRA artists held at Galerie Taptoe between July 31 and September 26, 1956. Designed by the Polish typographer and artist Corneille Hannoset. Taptoe was a short-lived but influential centre for the arts in Brussels in the 1950s, which set out to revitalize Belgium's avant-garde. Near mint copy.

EUR 1,000.00

Flemish critical literary avant-garde periodical edited by Walter Korun (=Piet de Groof).
Contributions, poetry by Karel du Bois, Guus Gils,Remy van de Kerckhove, H.C.Pernath, Erik van Ruysbeek, Paul Snoek.
In No. 3 the "Open brief aan de reaktie van Johan Daisne"
In No. 4 the reaction to this critical Open Letter from Bontridder, Gaston Burssens, Hugo Claus, Simon Vinkenoog, Jan Walravens, Marcel Wauters.
With bookillustration (vignets) and frontcover of no 5 by Veerle Loman.

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