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Paul van OSTAIJEN. Het Bordeel van Ika Loch.
See original version (French)
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Paul van OSTAIJEN. Het Bordeel van Ika Loch.
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Paul van OSTAIJEN. Het Bordeel van Ika Loch. With a frontispiece by René Magritte. Antwerp, De Driehoek, undated [1925]. In-12 booklet, stapled.
First edition.
Limited edition of 330 copies: one of the 30 special copies on Holland paper (no. 4).
Frontispiece by Magritte, dated 1925 within the illustration: this is the first book illustrated by the painter. An important satirical text by Paul van Ostaijen (1896–1928), a Flemish poet who died aged 32. An art dealer in Berlin and later in Brussels, he became friends with the painters of his time – Magritte, of course, but also Paul Joostens, Prosper De Troyer and the Jespers brothers. Oskar Jespers thus provided the illustrations for *Bezette Stad*, van Ostaijen’s great Dadaist book.
His work, one of the most striking of the Flemish avant-garde, is largely unknown in France.
The most valuable of the copies is Magritte’s, bearing a handwritten dedication signed by the author on the back of the frontispiece:
To Magritte, with warmest regards and many thanks for his drawing 27-1-26 P van Ostaijen
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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