Bjerke-Petersen, V. (Vilhelm):. Konkretion [REVUE]: Interskandinavisk Tidsskrift for Kunsten af i Dag. No. 2, 3, 4, and 5-6. From 15. October through 5/6 March 1936 – 5 of 6 in all, one being a double issue. Copenhagen / Oslo / Stockholm, 1935 to 1936. 8vo all in the original printed wrappers, somewhat worn andone with namestamp to front (see photos). One issue has written in hand to the front cover the original price of oned Kroner and “Tilhører Udstillingen” (belonging to the exhibition). Inside they are all clean and overall a good to very good set. 5 issues in 4 fascicules of the Surrealist Scandinavian serial, pp. 33 to 176 pp. continuously paginated and edited by Danish artist Vilh. Bjerke-Petersen, covering the international Surrealist movement and giving particular attention to its manifestations in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, with contributions by Breton, Dali, Eluard, Tanguy, Herbert Read, H. Gordon, D. Gascoyne, Carl Petersen, Erik Asklund, and many others. Profusely illustrated throughout after works by Man Ray, Max Ernst, Picasso, Henry Moore, Hans Bellmer, Axel Olson, Oscar Dominguez, Hans Arp, and many other well-known and lesser-known Surrealists and their contemporaries

First edition (s) – a scarce almost complete run of a very rare serial, important for disseminating Surrealist thought in Scandinavia as well as for presenting the Scandinavian responses to and manifestations of the Surrealist movement. Surrealism had already been flourishing in France for more than a decade before it made its way to Denmark. Vilh. Bjerke-Petersen was a leading force in communicating Surrealist ideas to a Scandinavian audience. He organized exhibitions with internationally-known Surrealists such as Dali and Magritte, and was closely connected to the Swedish avant-garde Halmstadgruppen. Along with Konkretion, he also edited the serial Linien from 1934 to 1935