The Living Arts: A Portfolio, Issues No. 1 and No. 3, Ed. Lucien Vogel, 1921-22 sgraffito plate constructed of clay slabs cut

constructed of clay slabs cut into the shape of roosters

There is some spotting on the unglazed clay in the recesses of the sculpture

combining Pre-Columbian inspiration with a modernist sensibility

excepting one fine split in the wood near the top that was at one point (I am guessing long ago) glued tightly back together and is barely noticeable

The Living Arts: A Portfolio, Issues No. 1 and No. 3, Ed. Lucien Vogel, 1921-22 sgraffito plate constructed of clay slabs cutThese are rare copies of the 1st and 3rd issues of the forward looking and very exquisitely produced The Living Arts: A Portfolio Reflecting the Literary and Artistic Taste of Our Time, edited by Lucien Vogel and published in NY, Paris, and London, 1921 22, by Conde Nast. (Six issues of the bi monthly publication were produced in total before publication ceased in 1922.) Id say pretty much every page of this beautiful unbound and uncut letterpress