L’Antitradition futuriste
[Paris, June 29, 1913].
4 p. on 1 leaf (460 x 295 mm), printed in black.
14th of the Manifestos of the Futurist movement, by Guillaume Apollinaire.
The movement's headquarters were established at Corso Venezia, 61, in Milan.
One of the rare copies on large white paper.
The movement's headquarters were established at Corso Venezia, 61, in Milan.
One of the rare copies on large white paper.
Following his manifesto-book Les Peintres cubistes, published in March 1913, Apollinaire faced considerable criticism. His attempt to classify Cubism was widely misunderstood, although his aim had been to move beyond the quarrels between schools and to “shift the lines.” He did so again in composing this tract for Marinetti, in which the poet takes stock of his relationship with the movement and his own work. A few months later, in July 1914, he would publish its logical sequel in Les Soirées de Paris: several “lyrical ideograms” that would become Calligrammes.
From the collection of Guillaume Apollinaire (stamp).
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