GENIUS: Bilder und Aufsätze zu Alter und Neuer Kunst 2 Volumes

Edited by Heise, Carl Georg and Mardersteig, Hans

Published by Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munchen, 1920

About this Item

Two volumes in buff linen, Folio Size. Volume 1 outside corners are bumped, affecting page corners. Volume 2 has a dime-sized stain on the front cover. Both volumes have tattered cloth at top of spine. Glue used to tip-in graphics has caused some yellowing to carrier pages. With 6 Original Graphics and many other graphics tipped-in. All tipped-in graphics are present. Color tipped-in graphics are backed by heavy laid paper. All paper very high-quality. This is the beginning of what would become a prestigious art publication of the 1920's, the first two volumes comprising the entire first year, unique in offering original prints. The original graphics include Head, woodcut by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff; The Shepherd, colored woodcut by Richard Seewald; Johannes auf Patmos, lithograph by Karl Caspar; From the Animal Legend, original woodcut by Franz Marc; Mutter und Kind, engraving by Heinrich Nauen; Female head, lithograph by Ignaz Epper.- With contributions by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Carl Georg Heise, Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Gaugin, Edwin Redslob, Franz Werfel, Wilhelm Klemm, Max Brod and many more. Seller Inventory # TW170827-2

Bibliographic Details

Title: GENIUS: Bilder und Aufsätze zu Alter und ...

Publisher: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Munchen

Publication Date: 1920

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: None