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Tristan Tzara

Romania (1896—1963)
Born in Romania to a Jewish family, Tzara moved to Bucarest to attend a boarding school. Here he became friends with Janco and Vinea and with them he worked on the Simbolul journal. In 1915 his parents decided to send him to Zurich to study philosophy. Here he rejoined with Janco and attended the opening of Cabaret Voltaire. In 1918 Tzara recited the Manifeste Dada 1918 and in the same year he published Dada 3, which gave him international recognition. In 1920 he decided to move to Paris and joined André Breton circle of artists, while being the editor of Dada and publishing Sept Manifests Dada. He often contributed to Breton’s Littérature magazine and put up shows and life performances meant to surprise and shock the audience. Frictions between Tzara and Breton and Picabia ultimately caused the break of the movement during the Gas Heart play. Breton and Tzara only reconciled in 1929, at which point Breton had already written his Surrealism manifest. In 1935 during Spanish Civil War he went to the front but with the Nazis gaining power he had to abandon Paris and hide in South France. He remained involved in politics and openly criticised the Soviet invasion in Hungary and the Franch government policy with colonies.
André Breton / Francis Picabia
Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Projecteur

Magazine / Letterpress / 22.9 x 9.9 cm / Paris, 1920

Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Construction moléculaire / Magazine / Letterpress / 27.4 x 44.1 cm / Zürich, 1919 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Gerrit Rietveld / Émile Malespine / Otto Nebel / Jean Arp / Raoul Hausmann / László Moholy-Nagy / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg

Merz 4

Banalitäten / Magazine / Letterpress / 14.4 x 22.9 cm / Hannover, 1923 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Paul Citroen / Vicente Huidobro / Jean Arp / Raoul Hausmann / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada Almanach

Illustrated book / Letterpress / 13.5 x 20 cm / Berlin, 1920

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Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Cannibale 1

Magazine / Letterpress / 15.7 x 23.9 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Littérature

Magazine / Letterpress / 18.2 x 23.6 cm / Paris, 1919-1922 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Sept manifestes Dada

Illustrated book / Letterpress / 13.7 x 19 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Edmund Kesting / Germaine Krull / Philippe Soupault / Maurice Tabard / László Moholy-Nagy / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Bifur

Magazine / 18.5 x 24 cm / Paris, 1929-1931

Georges Hugnet / André Masson / Raoul Ubac / Jean Arp / André Breton / Salvador Dalí / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Alberto Giacometti / Wassily Kandinsky / Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) / René Magritte / Joan Miró / Pablo Picasso / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara / Marc Chagall / Henri Matisse

Minotaure

Revue artistique et littéraire / Magazine / 23.6 x 31.5 cm / Paris, 1933-1939

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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La bicyclette archevêque / Magazine / Letterpress / 38 x 55.8 cm / Paris, 1919 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Philippe Soupault / Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevich) / Vicente Huidobro / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Tristan Tzara

Le coeur à barbe

Journal / Letterpress and relief on two folded sheets / 14 x 23 cm / Paris, 1922 / © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / Succession Marcel Duchamp

Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Au pluriel / Magazine / Letterpress / 37.8 x 57.3 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Dragan Aleksić / Mihajlo Petrov / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Dada Tank

Journal / Letterpress / 23.4 x 31.3 cm / Zagreb, 1922

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Calendrier 20

Magazine / 22.9 x 19.5 cm / Paris, 1919

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Hans Richter / Philippe Soupault / Pierre Albert-Birot / Vicente Huidobro / Jean Arp / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada 3

Magazine / Letterpress / 23.8 x 31.4 cm / Zürich, 1918

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André Masson / Tristan Tzara

Terre sur terre

Illustrated book / 15.5 x 22.1 cm / Geneva / Paris, 1946 / © Éditions des Trois Collines

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Jean Cocteau / Philippe Soupault / André Breton / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Cannibale 2

Magazine / Letterpress / 15.7 x 23.9 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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Jean Arp / Max Ernst / Tristan Tzara

Der Sängerkrieg

Magazine / Letterpress and woodcuts / 21 x 31.4 cm / Paris, 1921

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Jean Cocteau / Jean Crotti / Walter Serner / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

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Dieu nous aide et fait pousser le caca / Magazine / Letterpress / 32.6 x 49.2 cm / Paris, 1924 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

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Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Proverbe

Feuille mensuelle pour la justification des mots / Journal / Letterpress / 13.9 x 21.4 cm / Paris, 1920-1921

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Marcel Duchamp / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

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Ce numéro est entouré d'une dentelle rose / Magazine / Letterpress / 32.6 x 49.6 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Jean Cocteau / Richard Hülsenbeck / Hans Richter / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Raoul Hausmann / Wassily Kandinsky / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara / Paul Klee

Anthologie Dada

Dada 4-5 / Journal / Letterpress with original woodcuts and lithographs / 19 x 28.2 cm / Zürich, 1919

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Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Jean Arp / Tristan Tzara

Dada 1

Recueil littéraire et artistique / Magazine / Letterpress / Zürich, 1917

Hannah Höch / Edmund Collein / Walter Dexel / Jean Arp / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Merz 7

Tapsheft / Magazine / Letterpress / 23.6 x 31.3 cm / Hannover, 1924 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Guillaume Apollinaire / Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Jean Arp / Wassily Kandinsky / Tristan Tzara

Dada 2

Recueil littéraire et artistique / Magazine / Letterpress / 19.5 x 22.9 cm / Zürich, 1917

Richard Hülsenbeck / Raoul Hausmann / Alfred Stieglitz / Tristan Tzara

Der Dada 1

Magazine / Letterpress / 21 x 29.6 cm / Berlin, 1919 / © 2020 Raoul Hausmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

André Breton / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

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Calendrier cinéma du coeur abstrait / Magazine / Letterpress / 38.4 x 55.8 cm / Paris, 1920 / © Francis Picabia c/o Sabam, 2020

Francesco Cangiullo / Paul Joostens / Jozef Peeters / Michel Seuphor / Philippe Soupault / Iliazd (Ilia Zdanevich) / Robert Delaunay / Juan Gris / Émile Malespine / Vilmos Huszár / Mario De Andrade / Sonia Delaunay / Fortunato Depero / Lajos Kassák / Fernand Léger / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / László Moholy-Nagy / Tristan Tzara

Het Overzicht

Half-Maandelijks Tijdschrift: Kunst, Letteren, Menshei / Bi-monthly periodical / 23.9 x 32 cm / Antwerp, 1921-1925 / SABAM Belgium 2020

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Paul Joostens / Jean Arp / Max Ernst / René Magritte / Francis Picabia / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Œsophage

Magazine / Letterpress / 22.4 x 28.4 cm / Bruxelles, 1925

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Wyndham Lewis / Umberto Boccioni / Georges Vantongerloo / Jean Crotti / Jean Arp / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Raoul Hausmann / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / László Moholy-Nagy / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Mécano

Magazine / Letterpress / Various sizes / Leiden, 1922-1924

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Jean Cocteau / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dada Phone 7

Journal / Letterpress / 18.8 x 28.1 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Christophe Tzara

Jean Arp / Tristan Tzara

Vingt-cinq poèmes

Illustrated book / Letterpress with woodcuts / 14.7 x 20.4 cm / Zürich, 1918

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André Breton / Paul Éluard / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Bulletin Dada

Journal / Letterpress / 27.9 x 37.8 cm / Paris, 1920

Dragan Aleksić / Tristan Tzara

Dada Jazz

Journal / Letterpress / 14.9 x 22.8 cm / Zagreb, 1922

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Jean Arp / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg

Merz 2

Nummer i / Magazine / Letterpress / 14.4 x 22.2 cm / Hannover, 1923 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Guillaume Apollinaire / Hugo Ball / Francesco Cangiullo / Richard Hülsenbeck / Marcel Janco / Amedeo Modigliani / Jean Arp / Wassily Kandinsky / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / Pablo Picasso / Tristan Tzara

Cabaret Voltaire

Recueil littéraire et artistique / Magazine / Letterpress / 20.9 x 29.6 cm / Zürich, 1916

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Ljubomir Micić / Branko Ve Poljanski / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Tank

Revue internationale de l'art vivant / Magazine / Letterpress / 16.8 x 24.7 cm / Ljubljana, 1927-1928

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Marcel Janco / Hans Richter / Sophie Taeuber-Arp / Christian Schad / Jean Arp / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara

Der Zeltweg

Magazine / Letterpress / 31 x 21 cm / Paris, 1919

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Guillaume Apollinaire / Jean Cocteau / Gino Severini / Paul Éluard / Tristan Tzara

Action

Cahiers de philosophie et d’art / Magazine / Letterpress / 19.5 x 24.5 cm / Paris, 1920-1922

Anton Giulio Bragaglia / Marcel Janco / Enrico Prampolini / Gino Severini / Umberto Boccioni / Carlo Carrà / Giorgio de Chirico / Paolo Buzzi / Juan Gris / Vilmos Huszár / Jean Arp / Fortunato Depero / Fernand Léger / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti / Varvara Stepanova / Vladimir Tatlin / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg

Noi

Rivista d’arte futurista / Magazine / Letterpress / 24 x 33.8 cm / Rome, 1917-1925

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Hannah Höch / Vilmos Huszár / Jean Arp / El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Merz 6

Imitatoren watch step! / Magazine / Letterpress / 14.3 x 22.3 cm / Hannover, 1923 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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Jean Arp / Tristan Tzara

Cinéma calendrier du coeur abstrait / Maisons

Illustrated book / Letterpress with woodcuts / 20.6 x 25.2 cm / Paris, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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Enrico Prampolini / Walter Serner / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara / Theo Van Doesburg / Piet Mondriaan

Bleu

Magazine / Letterpress / 25 x 37 cm / Mantova, 1920-1921

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Jean Arp / Tristan Tzara

De nos oiseaux

Illustrated book / Letterpress with original woodcuts / 13.1 x 18.5 cm / Paris, 1929

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Paul Nougé / Jean Arp / René Magritte / Francis Picabia / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Marie

Journal bimensuel pour la belle jeunesse / Bi-monthly journal / 24.2 x 32.3 cm / Bruxelles, 1926-1927

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Ljubomir Micić / Jozef Peeters / Michel Seuphor / Philippe Soupault / Émile Malespine / Vicente Huidobro / Jean Arp / Lajos Kassák / László Moholy-Nagy / Kurt Schwitters / Tristan Tzara / Piet Mondriaan

Manomètre

Mélange des langues, enregistre les idées, indique la pression sur tous les méridiens, est polyglotte et supranational / Magazine / 17.5 x 22.5 cm / Lyon, 1922-1928

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Yves Tanguy / André Breton / Salvador Dalí / Marcel Duchamp / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Alberto Giacometti / René Magritte / Vladimir Mayakovsky / Joan Miró / Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) / Tristan Tzara

Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution

Journal / Letterpress / 20 x 28.5 cm / Paris, 1930-1933

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Richard Hülsenbeck / Philippe Soupault / Jean Arp / André Breton / Paul Éluard / Max Ernst / Francis Picabia / Tristan Tzara

Dadameter

Die Schammade / Magazine / Letterpress with woodcuts / 22.9 x 29.4 cm / Berlin, 1920 / © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris / VG Bild-Kunst, Germany

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