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1968 Book COLLAGE Wescher Cubism/Futurism Near Mint
1968 Book COLLAGE Wescher Cubism/Futurism Near Mint
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This is a fantastic vintage 1968 book by Herta Wescher titled Collage.

A rare book in rare form! Exhaustive and thoroughly illustrated study of the ultimate modern art form. Chapters on The Forerunners; Cubism; Futurism; German Expressionist Period; Russian Collage; Dada; Surrealism; etc....

Hardcover. First American Edition. English.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, New York.

©1968 in Germany by Verlag M. Dumont Schauberg, Cologne.
Printed and bound in West Germany.

Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards, black inlay on the front.
417 pp with 396 illustrations, including 40 hand-tipped plates in full color and 356 halftones.

Extensive index and list of paintings. Some of the artists represented include Joseph Cornell, John Piper, Raoul Hausmann, Hans (Jean) Arp, Braque, Picasso, Giacomo Balla, Lizlo Moholy-Nagy, Max Ernst, and Juan Gris. A remarkable combination of text and image portraying a significant shift in modern art.

This book was the first of what was to have been a two volume work - sadly the author died before completing the second volume. With rich material covering the 'classic age of collage,' prior to World War II with some material on the 1950's and 1960's. This volume was printed in 1968 where the editor's note mentions her death in 1971.

"The author, Dr. Herta Wescher, was the friend of many Bauhaus and other collage artists. Her writing embodies the enthusiasm, humor, affection, and personal comprehension of a participant in the lively and contentious circles she frequented. Assiduously she tracked down reminiscences and forgotten works from those tumultuous times, rescuing from oblivion much... (Modernism, Modern Art Visual Arts, Collage Book Covers, Formal Art, Photomontage Cubism, Futurism German Expressionism, Russian Surrealism, Constructivism).

SIZE: 8 1/4" x 12". 2" thick.

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Condition
Inside: Excellent, near mint condition. The pages are white/bright with no tears, marks, dog-ears or fading. This was put away by a true collector--it looks like it was never paged through. Yellow covers: Excellent condition with a small bump in top right and bump on lower edge in back. Dust jacket: Has some sunning and scrunch on top right corner. Does not affect paperboards. Light shelf wear. No price indicated - no clipping.
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1968 Book COLLAGE Wescher Cubism/Futurism Near Mint

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