Carl Laszlo - Panderma Nr. 13: Eva Wipf - 1977

The auction includes the final issue of the legendary Neo-avant-garde art magazine

"PANDERMA Revue de la fin du monde No. 13"

from 1977 published by CARL LASZLO Basel.

The issue comes with original unsigned photo cards by the Swiss-Brazilian artist EVA WIPF, and by the Irish artists JOSEPH S. HARRISON and MICHAEL ASHUR.

The last issue of Panderma is devoted in detail to the artist EVA WIPF with texts and descriptions. Unlike the “normal” issue, this one includes a mounted photograph on black cardboard (3x30 cm) (10x15 cm).

The magazine is complete with all inserts in good condition. The serigraphs were kept in an acid-free sleeve, which explains the good condition. The magazine shows age-related wear and newspaper discoloration, occasional creases, stains. Nevertheless, the art magazine is in overall very good age-appropriate condition. Please look at the photos for the condition.

INSETS
Colored picture card EVA WIPF (excellent) on sturdy cardboard 30x30 cm
Colored picture card MICHAEL ASHUR (very good) loose 14.1x14.1 cm
Colored picture card JOSEPH S. HARRISON (very good) loose 14x11 cm

Eva Wipf (born May 23, 1929 in Santo Ângelo do Paraiso, Brazil; died July 29, 1978 in Brugg) was a Swiss Surrealist painter and object artist.

Ashur, Michael, painter (born 1950).
In 1976, the then 26-year-old Ashur and Carl Laszlo signed an agreement for the distribution of Ashur’s paintings.

Joseph S. Harrison (born 1949)
The Dublin-born Joseph Sebastian Harrison regularly exhibited at the Hendricks Gallery in the 1970s, as well as at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 72, 73 and 74, and in the independent Artist Exhibitions of the same years.

PANDERMA and other publications by CARL LASZLO

From 1958 to 1977 Carl Laszlo published 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma, among others. It provides an important platform for the art of Avant-garde after 1945 with texts and inserts. There, also almost forgotten artists of 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

Towards the late 1950s, Carl Laszlo developed into one of the most important collectors, publicists, and patrons of Modern Art. He lived in Basel in a Jugendstil house, which 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 funds his art collection by selling Jugendstil objects that he had bought cheaper after the war. In 1962 he opened a gallery in Basel. He began issuing art editions for a broader audience (including La lune en rodage I–III, Das kleine Museum I). The artist Hans Arp suggested this idea to him to help pay down the growing debts from printing the publications.
Laszlo regularly supported artists. Among other things, he helped Lajos Kassák gain new attention in Western Europe during the 1960s. Since Kassák could only leave Hungary with difficulty, Laszlo smuggled stickers with Kassák’s signature into Switzerland, where he used them for his print editions.
From 1958 to 1977 Carl Laszlo published, among other things, 13 issues of the art magazine Panderma. This provided the art of the postwar avant-garde with a important platform through texts and inserts. There, also almost forgotten artists of the prewar years (including Arp, Beöthy Steiner) as well as still little-known rising talents of the art scene (Vasarely, Hundertwasser, etc.) appeared. 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)