[Exhibition catalogue, and folder of materials:] Guillaume Apollinaire 1880-1918. A Celebration, 1968.

Apollinaire (Guillaume)

[Exhibition catalogue, and folder of materials:] Guillaume Apollinaire 1880-1918. A Celebration, 1968.

Description: three booklets (plus a duplicate of one), itemised below, these being file copies – all but one with notes regarding exhibition, a leaf with Index to the 9 slip-ins, these all present (including the 7-inch record of Apollinaire reading his poetry, see below), also present the slip listing additional item by Marie Laurencin (276a) and the 'Horoscope by Valentine Penrose' (a large folded sheet printed in blue, brown and red), 4to, the material in original buff card folder, with the catalogue for the simultaneous Adrian Henri exhibition and the invitation for the privcate view of both also enclosed, very good condition

Publication Details: The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), [1968]

Notes: The vinyl record is of the poet reading 'Le pont mirabeau' in 1914. The booklets comprise the main exhibition catalogue, along with: '"Come back Guillaume, all is forgiven" - Annie. An Invitation exhibition of works created especially for the Apollinaire Anniversary Celebration' (2 copies), and 'Apollinaire par dela la Manche et l'Atlantique. A Bibliography of and about Guillaume Apollinaire in English. 1940-1967', compiled by Peter Hoy. All except this last have notes to the margins that indicate these were the copies of someone involved in the exhibition and this publication.An interesting ...moreThe vinyl record is of the poet reading 'Le pont mirabeau' in 1914. The booklets comprise the main exhibition catalogue, along with: '"Come back Guillaume, all is forgiven" - Annie. An Invitation exhibition of works created especially for the Apollinaire Anniversary Celebration' (2 copies), and 'Apollinaire par dela la Manche et l'Atlantique. A Bibliography of and about Guillaume Apollinaire in English. 1940-1967', compiled by Peter Hoy. All except this last have notes to the margins that indicate these were the copies of someone involved in the exhibition and this publication.An interesting assembly, accompanying the exhibition on the fiftieth anniversary of the poet's death. HIDE