Carl Laszlo - Panderma No. 1 [with all contents] - 1958

The first issue of the legendary Neo-avant-garde art magazine is up for auction.

“PANDERMA Review of the End of the World”

Dating from 1958, from the CARL LASZLO Basel publishing house.

An original unsigned serigraphy by the prominent early-avant-garde artist Lajos Kassak is included with the edition!

Softcover. Condition: Very good. 1st edition. Size: 19.5 x 27.5 cm, 32 pages of editorial contributions and 12 pages of advertisements (from publishers, galleries and antiquarians) - No. 1 with contributions and illustrations by Carl Laszlo, Arp, Ball, Hülsenbeck, Breton, Oppenheim, Picabia, Unica Zürn, etc.

This issue was the prelude to 12 further issues (up to 1977) of the avant-garde movement after 1945, featuring contributions in the form of texts, photographs, and, in particular, original — also signed — inserts by world-renowned as well as still unknown artists such as Hundertwasser, Vasarely, and others. Hans Arp was the trigger for the start of artistic contributions when he proposed to Carl Laszlo that the debts at the printing house could be offset by the proceeds from the inserts. Laszlo thereby became an art collector.

The magazine is complete with all supplements and in excellent to very good condition. The serigraphy has been stored in an acid-free sleeve, which explains the unusually good condition. The magazine shows age-related paper discoloration, occasional creases, and stains. Nevertheless, the art magazine is in a very good overall condition for its age.

Attachments
Black-and-white silkscreen by LAJOS KASSÁK (excellent) on sturdy cardboard 8.5 x 25 cm
Invitation to a theatre evening IONESCO - COCTEAU - LASZLO (fold-out leaflet in very good condition) 30x21 cm
Advertisement (Panderma) for the present issue (very good) 27.5 × 18 cm



PANDERMA and Other Publications by Carl Laszlos

From 1958 to 1977, Carl Laszlo, among others, published 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma. This provides art.
an important platform for the post-1945 avant-garde with texts and inserts. There, almost-forgotten figures also present themselves.
Female and male artists of the pre-war years (including Arp, Beöthy Steiner) as well as still little-known ones
Rising talents of the art scene (Vasarely, Hundertwasser, etc.). In 1982 he founded the art magazine Radar
(six issues).

TO THE PUBLISHER

At the end of the 1950s, Carl Laszlo develops into one of the most important collectors, publicists, and patrons of the
Art of the Modern. He lives in Basel in a Jugendstil house that over the years has been transformed into a private museum of modern and contemporary art and a meeting place for artists, intellectuals, and protagonists of the international art scene. He funds his art collection through the sale of Art Nouveau objects that he had acquired more cheaply after the war. In 1962 he opens a gallery in Basel. He begins producing art editions for a broader audience (including La lune en rodage I–III, Das kleine Museum I). The artist Hans Arp inspires him with this idea to pay off the growing debts from printing the publications.
Laszlo regularly supports artists. Among other things, he helps Lajos Kassák in the 1960s in
Western Europe draws new attention. Since Kassák is only able to leave Hungary with difficulty, Laszlo smuggles him out.
Stickers bearing Kassák's signature to Switzerland, where he uses them for his print editions.
From 1958 to 1977, Carl Laszlo, among others, published 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma. This provides art.
an important platform for the post-1945 avant-garde with texts and inserts. There, almost-forgotten figures also present themselves.
Artists of the pre-war years (including Arp, Beöthy Steiner) as well as still relatively little-known emerging talents in the art scene (Vasarely, Hundertwasser, etc.). In 1982 he founded the art magazine Radar (six issues).

(SOURCE: home is where my art is - a visit to Carl Laszlo and the Hungarian avant-garde by Ferenc Kréti Moloko Verlag)