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Peggy Guggenheim Art of This Century (Inscribed to artist Hans Richter)
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Catalog of the seminal avant-garde exhibition held at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in 1942 and published in an edition of 2500. Edited by Peggy Guggenheim with contributions from Andre Breton, Piet Mondrian, and Jean Arp. Features work by Braque, Duchamp, Masson, Van Doesberg, Malevich, Lissitzky, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Gris, Moore, Calder, Man Ray, and many others. 8vo, In yellow boards, as issued, with a Max Ernst drawing reproduced on the cover. 157 pages with b/w illustrations. A scarce and consequential document of one of the most significant American gallery exhibitions of the twentieth century, one that featured not only a who's who of surrealist and abstract artists, but also the exhibition design of Frederick Kiesler. Enhanced by an inscription on the FFE from Peggy Guggenheim to the acclaimed avant-garde German/American artist and experimental filmmaker Hans Richter (“To Richter/From Peggy”). Guggenheim gave Richter (1888-1976) his first one-man show in the United States at the Art of This Century Gallery in 1946—both his iconic wartime scroll paintings ands his recent films were exhibited—and collaborated with him on the Art of This Century Films organization two years later. From the collection of art gallerist and artist Barbara Hollander and likely from the extensive art reference library of the Indian Space painter Steven Wheeler, whose estate Hollander represented. Front hinge weakened, overall binding sound. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends. 1” paint smudge to inner corner of front cover, probably contributed by one of the artist/owners. Scarce signed, and an important association copy of this landmark publication.
- Creator:Hans Richter (Artist),Peggy Guggenheim (Author)
- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 7.75 in (19.69 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1942
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Front hinge weakened, overall binding sound. Minor bumping and rubbing to extremities. Light fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU828546613302
Hans Richter
Hans Richter was a German painter, director, historian and theorist of experimental cinema. He is among the greatest exponents of the historical Avant-garde. Richter was one of the first artists to question the relationship between painting and cinema and to make abstract films in the early 1920s.
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