Country of Origin: Germany,Binding: Hardcover,Signed: No,Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers New York,Modified Item: No,Subject: Art & Photography,Year Printed: 1965,Original/Facsimile: Original,Language: English,Illustrator: Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Paul Klee,Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Rare out of Print,Author: Werner Haftmann,Topic: Fine Arts: Collections THIS " MASTER WATERCOLORS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY " RARE VINTAGE 1965 FIRST EDITION LITHOGRAPH PRINT LARGE HARDCOVER ART BOOK IS AN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE BOOK TO ADD TO YOUR LIBRARY COLLECTION. THE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH NATURAL CREAM LINEN COVERED BOARDS, MARC CHAGALL FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION ART, OUTER SPINE BLACK FABRIC BINDING, AND GOLD TONE FOIL EMBOSSED SPINE TITLES IS PUBLISHED BY HARRY N. ABRAMS INC. PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK IN ASSOCIATION WITH VERLAG M. DUMONT SCHAUBERG, COLOGNE. PRINTED AND BOUND IN WEST GERMANY IN 1965, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WERNER HAFTMANN. THIS SPECIAL VOLUME PRESENTS THE WATERCOLORS AND DRAWINGS WORK OF TWELVE OF THE FOREMOST 20TH CENTURY ARTISTS : PAUL CEZANNE, PABLO PICASSO, PAUL SIGNAC, AUGUST MACKE, OSKAR KOKOSCHKA, EMIL NOLDE, RAOUL DUFY, LYONEL FEININGER, HENRY MOORE, KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, PAUL KLEE, AND MARC CHAGALL. THERE ARE 38 PAGES OF COMPELLING TEXT AND ANALYSIS OF THE ARTISTS AND ARTWORKS, FOLLOWED BY 12 BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF DRAWINGS AND TWELVE FULL-COLOR PLATES OF WATERCOLORS EACH INCLUDED IN THEIR OWN SLIP-IN MATT PAPER FRAME PAGE. THE ARTWORKS ARE BEAUTIFULLY REPRODUCED WITH LITHOGRAPHY PRINTING TECHNIQUE. BECAUSE MANY READERS WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY WISH TO STUDY AT THEIR LEISURE SOME OF THE MASTER ARTWORKS REPRODUCED HERE, THE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE REMOVABLE, AND TWO EXTRA SLIP-IN MATT PAPER FRAMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED INSIDE THE BACK COVER. THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 1ST EDITION LARGE FORMAT HARDCOVER ART BOOK MEASURES 12 1/8" W X 12 7/8" H X 1" D, WITH 80 PAGES. IT FEATURES 24 LITHOGRAPH PRINT ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE. THE VOLUME IS FURTHER ENHANCED WITH A LIST OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS. IT IS IN EXCELLENT CLEAN VINTAGE CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE, LIGHT SIGNS OF HANDLING, AND SOME LIGHT MINOR WEAR.