Cobra No. 1 Bulletin pour la coordination des investigations artistiques. With 5 (including cover) original color lithographs and some illustrations. Copenhagen, Galerie Birch, 1949. 21 pp. 31 x 24.5 cm. Illustrated original paperback (separated at spine, edges somewhat browned and stained, front cover with small loss at lower edge, somewhat creased, spine and edges with minor losses). Rare first issue of the series, only 7 issues were published in total (numbered up to issue 10, although issues 8 and 9 were not published). - The cover illustration is a joint work by Egill Jacobsen, Asger Jorn and Carl-Henning Pedersen, the other four lithographs are by Ejler Bille, E. Jacobsen, A. Jorn and C.-H. Pedersen. - Slightly browned and somewhat dog-eared, with faint vertical fold mark throughout.

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