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28 ● STIEGLITZ, ALFRED EDITOR
291. Numbers 1-12.
The rare series of 12 numbers in 9 issues, comprising Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/6, 7/8, 9, 10/11, and 12,
illustrated with reproductions of art work and typographical compositions by important artists,
including PICABIA, JOHN MARIN, PICASSO, MAURICE DE ZAYAS, and others; nos. 1 and 4 with pink,
bright blue, and gold hand applied color, apparently by the corresponding artist. Folios, folded self-
wrappers, nos. 1-9 on heavy paper and 10-12 on a glossy paper, slightly worn; lacks “The Steerage.”
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION.
NewYork, NewYork: ‘291,’ March 1915-February 1916 [15,000/20,000]
From a Private Collection, NewYork.
Both the front and rear covers of No. 1 have hand-applied pink pochoir coloring: the front cover is by
Maurice de Zayas and the rear cover by Edward Steichen. No. 4, with hand-applied blue and gold
coloring, is by John Marin.