Carl Laszlo - Panderma 7+8 - 1966

In the auction is the Neo-avant-garde art magazine PANDERMA from 1966, published by CARL LASZLO Basel.

Issues 7 + 8 are a double issue with inserts by the Hungarian artist VICTOR VASARELY and a significant co-founder of OP ART, an original silkscreen by MÜLLER-BRITTNAU, and a linocut by Köthe. It is complete with all inserts, in excellent to very good condition. The silkscreens were kept in an acid-free sleeve, which explains the excellent condition. The magazine shows age-related yellowing of the paper, occasional creases, stains, and a repair on the back cover to stabilize it. The 60-year-old art magazine is nonetheless in very good overall condition for its age.

SUPPLEMENTS (unsigned)
BLACK-AND-WHITE silkscreen Vasarely (excellent) on sturdy cardboard 28.5x26.8 cm
COLOR silkscreen Műller-Brittnau (excellent) with stamp on the back 28x28 cm
Linocut Köthe (right page with minor edge flaws, otherwise very good) 28x28 cm

In the issue is the 8-page story by HUNDERTWASSER: 35 days in Sweden

as well as

a special print of the art magazine “KUNST 45” for the discussion Berlewi/Hundertwasser

PANDERMA and other CARL LASZLO publications

From 1958 to 1977 Carl Laszlo published 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma, among others. It offers the art of postwar avant-garde with texts and inserts a important platform. There, nearly forgotten artists from the pre-war years (including Arp, Beöthy Steiner) as well as still relatively unknown rising talents of the art scene (Vasarely, Hundertwasser, etc.) present themselves. In 1982 he founded the art magazine Radar (six issues).

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

At the end of the 1950s, Carl Laszlo becomes one of the most important collectors, publishers, and supporters of modern art. He lives in Basel in a Jugendstil house that has, over the years, transformed into a private museum of Modern and Contemporary Art as a place of history, life, and art, and a meeting point for artists, intellectuals, and protagonists of the international art scene. He finances his art collection by selling Art Nouveau objects that he acquired cheaply after the war. In 1962 he opens a gallery in Basel. He begins publishing art editions for a broader audience (e.g., La lune en rodage I–III, Das kleine Museum I). The artist Hans Arp prompted him to pursue this idea to help pay down the growing debts from printing the publications. Laszlo regularly supports artists. Among others, he helps Lajos Kassák gain renewed attention in Western Europe during the 1960s. Because Kassák was allowed to leave Hungary only with difficulty, Laszlo smuggles Kassák’s stickers with his signature into Switzerland, where he uses them for his print editions.
From 1958 to 1977 Carl Laszlo published 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma, which offered the postwar avant-garde art a significant platform with texts and inserts. There, almost forgotten artists from the prewar years (including Arp, Beöthy Steiner) as well as still relatively unknown rising talents of the art scene (Vasarely, Hundertwasser, etc.) presented themselves. 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)