14. # ABSTRACTION CREATION Abstraction création Non Figurative Art, 1932-1936, 1973 Large 35-page spiral-bound album in grey cloth slipcase with title and artists' names on front cover Printed by Atelier Arcay, Paris Numbered copy 141/150 The Atelier Arcay and Michel Caza used Velin d'Arches paper, Michel cassé and Fernand Mourlot used velin d'Arches, and Hans Bäurle and Franco Sciardelli used paper made especially for their studios. The plates by Max Bill, Piet Mondrian and Georges Vantongerloo were embossed by Karl Eckert in Schwetzingen, those by Wassily Kandinsky by Hentz in Montrouge, and those by Frantisek Kupka by Desclais in Paris. 89 x 75 cm 30 plates by Hans Arp, Max Bill (sig. num.), Alexander Calder (sig. num), Sonia Delaunay (sig. num.), César Domela (sig.num), Hans Erni (sig.num), Hans Fischli (sig. num), Frantisek Foltyn (sig.num), Jean Gorin (num. sig), Jean Helion (num. sig.), Wassily Kandinsky, Théo Kerg (sig.num.), Frantisek Kupka (num.sig of the seal), Fausto Melotti (sig. num), Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (nuM. sig of the seal), Piet Mondrian, Taro Okamoto (sig. num), Antoine Pevsner (sig. of the seal), Maurice Reggiani (sig. num.), Hans Schiess (sig.num), Henryk Stazewski (sig. num), Wladyslaw Strzeminski, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Théo Van Doesburg, George Vantongerloo, Luigi Veronesi (sig. num), Paule Vezelay, (sig. num.), Jean Villeri (sig. num), Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewaert, Gérard Vulliamy (sig. num) Provenance Collection of a Parisian bibliophile Abstraction-Création, a group of artists founded in 1931 around Théo Van Doesbourg, published 5 annual reviews between 1932 and 1936 with works by various artists in which primacy was given to colours and geometric forms. The members of the association, who lived in or near Paris, met regularly in cafés such as the Café Voltaire or the Closerie des Lilas, or in workshops. In addition to the annual publication, they organised exhibitions of their work on the ground floor of a building at 44 avenue de Wagram to attract other members and publicise their ideas on art. The association published its last magazine in 1936 and was dissolved the same year.