Utopia. Dokumente der Wirklichkeit. Illustrated prospectus + order form.

2 pcs: bifolio 8vo + postcard.

Good condition.

Very rare prospectus illustrated by Johannes Itten (not signed), for the periodical "Utopia [Documents of Reality]", founded by the German art historian and writer Bruno Adler (1888-1968) and the Swiss painter and designer Johannes Itten (1888-1967), two major figures of the Weimar Bauhaus. The periodical was supposed to produce 7 issues but only the first one was published in 1921.
Joined: 1. Graphisches Kabinett Israel Ber Neumann. Ausstellung, Berlin, 1921. Important early catalogue of an exhibition in the Gallery of I. Ber Neumann (1887-1961), with works by Archipenko, M. Beckmann, H. Campendonk, M. Chagall, L. Feiniger, G. Grosz, P. Klee, O. Kokoschka, etc. Front page illustrated after a woodcut by Erich Heckel. - 2. A. von Jawlensky. Erste graphische Publikation. Wiesbaden, Naussauischer Kunstverein, [1922]. Order form for the portfolio "Köpfe". - 3. Austellung Max Beckmann. Neue Arbeiten. Frankfurt, Zingler's Kabinett, April 1922 (sl. fox.). Exhibition of 41 works including 5 paintings. - 4. Blumenreich kauft. Berlin, s.d. Small prospectus listing the (numerous) artists possibly purchased by the German art historian and art dealer Leo Blumenreich (1884-1932). - 5. 3 Dutch press clippings relating to the "Entartete Kunst" auction in Lucerne in 1939. - 6-7. 2 beautiful b/w photogr. portraits of the German dramatist and novelist Gerhard Hauptmann (1862-1946) and of the German painter Max Liebermann (1847-1935), dated 1931 on verso. (9 pcs)