Research Catalog

Title

The blind man : 100th anniversary facsimile edition.

Publication

• Brooklyn, New York : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017.
• Saline, Michigan : McNaughton & Gunn, 2017.
• West Haven, Connecticut : Cannelli Printing, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
• Roché, Henri Pierre, 1879-1959
• Wood, Beatrice
• Man Ray, 1890-1976
• Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
• Seita, Sophie (Poet)
• Zuba, Elizabeth
• Ugly Duckling Presse, issuing body, publisher.

Description

6 booklets (60 pages) : illustrations; 29 cm +

Summary

• A boxed set containg facsimile editions of "The blind man" (nos. 1 & 2) and "rongwrong", two seminal New York Dada magazines edited by Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, and Beatrice Wood in 1917. Also included are Beatrice Wood's poster for "The blind man's ball (1917), "The Ridgefield gazook", edited by Man Ray, and two supplementary texts: "The blind man sees the fountain: New York Dada magazines in 1917: an introduction" / by Sophie Seita (21 pages) and "Translations: the French texts of 'The blind man" and 'rongwrong' / by Elizabeth Zuba (23 pages). Two cards (a publisher's description and a card with colophon-type information) accompany the set
• "The blind man" and "rongwrong" were part of a network of little magazines that introduced audiences to Dada and avant-garde movements in art and literature. They featured contributions of poetry, prose, and visual art by Mina Loy, Louise Norton, Robert Carlton Brown, Erik Satie, Walter Arensberg, Francis Picabia, Alfred Stieglitz, and others. "The blind man" was the first print publication to circulate an image of Duchamp's "Fountain" (photographed by Stieglitz) after its rejection from the first annual exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, presenting a public challenge to the accepted definition of art during this time

Series Statement

Lost literature series ; no. 21

Uniform Title

• Blind man. (nos. 1-2)
• Rongwrong.
• Ridgefield gazook.
• Lost literature series ; # 21.

Subject

• Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
• Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.). Exhibition 1917 : New York, N.Y.) > Periodicals > Facsimiles
• Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.). Exhibition
• 1900-1999
• Dadaist literature > Facsimiles
• Dadaism > United States > Periodicals > Facsimiles
• American poetry > 20th century > Periodicals > Facsimiles
• Art, American > 20th century > Periodicals > Facsimiles
• Artists' books > New York (State) > Specimens
• Artists' books
• Art, American
• American poetry
• Dadaism
• Dadaist literature
• New York (State)
• United States

Genre/Form

• Specimens.
• Artists' books.
• Facsimiles.
• Periodicals.
• Little magazines.
• Zines.

Note

• Issued in an edition of 1000.
• "'The blind man' (Nos. 1 & 2), "rongwrong", the "Introduction", and the 'Translations" were printed offset on recycled papers by McNaughton & Gunn, Saline, Michigan. The 'Ridgefield gazook' was printed letterpress on Reich Savoy at Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, New York, using metal plates produced by Hodgins Engraving, Batavia, New York. Beatrice Wood's poster for The Blind Man's Ball was printed offset on Mohawk Superfine by Cannelli Printing, West Haven, Connecticut (with pre-press by Megan Mangum, Words That Work). Information cards were printed letterpress at UDP using polymer plates from Boxcar Press, Syracuse, New York. Rubber stamps were produced by Academy Rubber Stamp Company, New Hyde Park, New York. Boxes were constructed and printed by American Die Cutters & Finishing, Long Island City New York." Design by Don't Look Now! with assistance from Harris Bauer, Megan Mangum, and Nicholas Fuenzalida. Text set in Bulmer and Franklin Gothic."--Colophon card
• Only two issues of "The blind man" were published: "no. 1., April 10th, 1917" (also called "Independents' number"; published on the occasion of the opening of the first exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists) and "no. 2, May 1917". Number 2 was published by Beatrice Wood and has the initials "P.B.T." at the head of titile which stands for Pierre (Roché), Beatrice (Wood), and "Totor", Roché's nickname for Duchamp

Call Number

JX 22-16434

ISBN

• 9781937027889
• 1937027880

OCLC

1023510829

Title

The blind man : 100th anniversary facsimile edition.

Publisher

Brooklyn, New York : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017.

Manufacturer

Saline, Michigan : McNaughton & Gunn, 2017.

West Haven, Connecticut : Cannelli Printing, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

card

Series

Lost literature series ; no. 21

Lost literature series ; # 21.

Local Note

Ugly Duckling Presse chapbook and zine collection.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968, editor.

Roché, Henri Pierre, 1879-1959, editor.

Wood, Beatrice, editor.

Man Ray, 1890-1976, editor.

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946, photographer.

Seita, Sophie (Poet), writer of introduction.

Zuba, Elizabeth, translator.

Ugly Duckling Presse, issuing body, publisher.

Added Title

Facsimile of (manifestation): Blind man. (nos. 1-2)

Facsimile of (manifestation): Rongwrong.

Facsimile of (manifestation: Ridgefield gazook.

Research Call Number

JX 22-16434