DE STIJL. NR 73/74 (1926) FIRST EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS JOURNAL

(De Stijl)
DE STIJL. Internationaal maanblad voor Nieuwe Kunst Wetenschap en Kultur. No.73/74. Editor: Theo van Doesburg.
Warsaw, Leiden, Hannover, Paris, Brno: 1926.
20 x 30cm. 16pp numbered 1 - 32 with each folio doubled up. Thirteen b/w images. Wrappers with typographic design in black & red. Double number. Text contributions by Hans Arp (two poems: "Weisst du Schwartz" and "Schnurrmilch"), Valentin Parnac , van Doesburg ("Schilderkunst" and in English "The End of Art"), various critiques of new works and an article on 'Zenitisne'.  Reproductions after works by van Doesburg, Cesar Domela, Kupka, Hans Nitzcheet. Al and a photographic portrait of Hans Art and lithographic portrait of Parnac by Picasso. There is also a paid advert for Merz nr 4. A very good+ example although there is a central vertical fold throughout due to storage (and the design of the booklet lends itself to that fold too with the double page lay-out per folio) of this issue with significant content. Scarce.