German Art of the Twentieth Century
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1957). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket in Slipcase. Square 4to. Pp. [10], 11-240. Foreword by the editor, Andrew Carnduff Richie. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color reproductions of works by German artists, one of the color plates folds-out. Bibliography. Index. Bound in sand-colored cloth with lettering printed in black on spine and front board. Bookseller label on front endpaper. In the dust jacket that has a closed two-inch tear on the rear panel; price of $9.50 intact on front flap. Cardstock slipcase with wear and a chip at tail of spine. Near Fine / Very Good/Slipcase: Good+. Item #7596 Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
A handsome survey of the tumultuous evolution of German art in the last century, with emphasis on early innovators Emil Nolde, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Christian Rohlfs, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Otto Mueller, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl and other avant-gardists, covering painting, sculpture, and prints.
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