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COBRA] Collection of key works pertaining to the CoBrA movement , Asger Jorn's copies, with notes, marks of ownership etc. Includes Reflex. Orgaan van de experimentele groep in Holland issues 1 and 2; Bound with Pas de quartiers dans la revolution! 7 juin 1947; Cobra : bulletin pour la coordination des investigations artistique issues 1 and 2; Visitez La Belgique: Ses Villes S'Art... [includes Cobra's July 1949 Exhibition]; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, International Exhibition of Experimental Art, November 3 - 28, 1949 Cobra: organe du front international des artistes experimentaux d'avant-garde issue 4. Cobra Internationale Zeitschrift fur moderne Kunst issue 5; Cobra: revue bimestrielle de l'Internationale des artistes experimentaux issue 6; Cobra: revue international de l'art experimental issue 7; Cobra; revue international de l'art experimental issue 10. Various publishers: 1947-1951. Marbled boards, backed with faux leather. 13 x 10 inches (33 x 25.5 cm); various paginations. Light wear to binding, contents generally in sound condition. Jorn, with Karel Appel Constant, Corneille, Christian Dotremont and Joseph Noire founded CoBrA in Paris in 1948. Many of the bound items bear Jorn's annotations, some extensive; additionally, the front free endpaper has his name stamp. The CoBrA movement laid the groundwork for much post-war European art. Most of these works are rare, some exceedingly so, and as Jorn's personal copies these are rich with associational interest. Laid-in is a copy of Esposizione Asger Jorn Galleria Lasteriscio, Roma, 1954 Provenance: Asger Jorn with his ownership stamp and notes, some extensive. C