The First Celestial Adventure of Mr. Antipyrine (La Première Aventure Céleste de Mr Antipyrine)

Marcel JancoWW-1916-111232

1916·Book with seven wood engravings in black and blue and letterpress in black, with additions in pen, pencil, and brownish black ink, on ivory laid paper·23.5 × 16.6 × 0.1 cm (9 5/16 × 6 9/16 × 1/16 in.)

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Year: 1916
Medium: Book with seven wood engravings in black and blue and letterpress in black, with additions in pen, pencil, and brownish black ink, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 23.5 × 16.6 × 0.1 cm (9 5/16 × 6 9/16 × 1/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Marcel Janco

Artist

Marcel Janco

Printmaking

Marcel Janco was a Romanian-born Israeli artist and architect who cofounded the Dada movement in Zurich during World War I. Working across painting, sculpture, collage, and printmaking, he developed a distinctive visual language combining geometric abstraction with expressionist energy. After relocating to Palestine in 1941, Janco shifted toward architectural practice and community building, designing the artist village of Ein Hod. His early Dada works, characterized by bold color and fragmented forms, remain central to twentieth-century modernism.

Bucharest, Romania

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