Fernand Léger
Broom
, 1922
Cover - woodcut printed in red and orange
12.5 x 9 inches
Broom: An International Magazine of the Arts Published by Americans in Italy. Vol. I, No. 3, January 1922
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Provenance
Private collection
Note: Rare copy with tipped-in plates, by Juan Gris, Gordon Craig, Raoul Dufy, Ardengo Soffici, Fernand Leger. Plus a drawing of Papini by C. Carra Soffici and a drawing by William Gropper. 12¾x9, original Art Deco pictorial wrappers. Text contributions by Gertrude Stein, Marianne Moore, Blaise Cendrars, Gordon Craig, Malcolm Cowley, etc. Blurb quotes at rear by Sinclair Lewis, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg and Van Wyck Brooks.