[Ozenfant, Amédée, Editor]—"L'Élan" magazine. Cover art for - Lot 545

[Ozenfant, Amédée, Editor]—"L'Élan" magazine. Cover art for issues 1 through 9 (out of 10 published). From April 15, 1915, to July 1, 1915 (12 pp. for issues 1–4 and 16 pp. for issues 5 and 6); publication resumed in a 20-page format on December 15, 1915 (No. 7), then in January 1916 (No. 8), and February 1916 (No. 9). The missing issue (No. 10) was not published until December 1916 in folio format, comprising 4 pp. Print run: 1,000 copies. — A Cubist, modernist journal featuring innovative typographic experiments. Illustrated by A. Ozenfant, André Lhote, Jean Laboureur, André Derain, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Jean Marchand, Léwitzka, Maximilien Volochine, Zina Ozenfant, Mainssieux.... Some plates and covers are in color, enhanced with stencils, and sometimes span a double page. The issue includes a poem by Apollinaire and reproductions of Cubist works by Picasso. Bound in green half-morocco with a smooth spine and gilt title. A very fine publication