Books and Manuscripts · Lot 290

Tentoonstelling abstracte kunst.

Amst., exhib. cat. Stedelijk Museum, 1938, 16p., 12 ills., orig. wr. w. ill. on frontwr. by Th. VAN DOESBURG, 4to.

ADDED: The Museum Of Modern Art Bulletin, vol.XII, no.2. New York, MOMA, 1944, 12p. (incl. wr.), ills., frontwr. w. ill. by EL LISSITZKY, 4to (sl. dustsoiled).

Lot: 290
Auction: Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
Section: GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950
Estimate: €100 – €150
Result: €650
Photos: 2 photos

Condition

Wrappers vaguely foxed/ yellowed.

Notes

Interesting exhibition catalogue containing contributions by H. Buys ("Abstracte kunst"), Piet Mondriaan ("Kunst zonder onderwerp"), Kandinsky ("Abstract of Concreet?"), Gorin ("De ontwikkeling van de nieuwe plastiek"), Georg Schmidt ("Constructivisme") and S. Giedion ("Hebben wij nog behoefte aan kunstenaars?") . A total of 70 abstract works of art were exhibited, i.a. works by H. Arp, J. Bendien, C. Brancusi, A. Calder, T. van Doesburg, C. Domela-Nieuwenhuis, B. Hepworth, A. Herbin, W. Kandinsky, P. Klee, P. Mondriaan, H. Moore and F. Vordemberge-Gildewart.