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Die Kunstismen. by El Lissitzky.; Arp, Hans - 1925

by El Lissitzky.; Arp, Hans

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Die Kunstismen.

by El Lissitzky.; Arp, Hans

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1925. EL LISSITZKY and Hans ARP. Die Kunstismen / Les Ismes de l'Art / The Isms of Art, 1914 - 1924. xi, 48 pp., illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions. 4to, 257 x 195 mm., bound in original colour-printed paper over boards, in a new cloth folding box. Zurich: Eugen Rentsch Verlag, 1925. First edition, with definitions of the early 20th-century art movements (the "isms") in German, French, and English, and illustrated by reproductions of representative artworks. The striking cover and constructivist layout were designed by Lissitzky. An unusually fine copy of a book which is almost never found with the original spine intact, as here. With a four-page publisher's advertisement for this and other titles laid in front. Municipal Van Abbemuseum, El Lissitzky 215.
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  • Book Condition Used
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Date Published 1925

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Die Kunstismen, Les Ismes De L’Art, The Isms of Art.

Die Kunstismen, Les Ismes De L’Art, The Isms of Art.

by EL LISSITZKY and Hans Arp

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Baden: Verlag Lars Müller, (1990).. First printing of this edition (originally published in 1925).. 48 pp. Tiny bump to one lower corner, else very near fine in illustrated boards. Texts in German, French, and English. Fully illustrated with b&w images of representative works. Separate large sheet, presenting an essay by Alois Martin Müller, as issued.
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Die Kunstismen / Les Ismes de L'Art / The Isms of Art
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Die Kunstismen / Les Ismes de L'Art / The Isms of Art

by El Lissitzky and Hans Arp

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Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller, 1990. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. A lovely copy of this 1990 facsimile reissue of the 1925 1st edition, originally created and published by the formidable El Lissitzky and Hans Arp. Tight and Near Fine in its striking laminate boards, with a bit of light rubbing along the rear panel. Text in German, French and English.
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Die Kunstismen = Les Ismes de l'Art = The Isms of Art
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Die Kunstismen = Les Ismes de l'Art = The Isms of Art

by Lissitzky, El and Hans Arp

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Used - VG- (Ex-library, with label and bookplate, few marks, pages are quite crisp and clean.)
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1990 reprint
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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9783906700281 / 3906700283
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Baden, Switzerland: Verlag Lars Muller, 1990. 1990 reprint. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-library, with label and bookplate, few marks, pages are quite crisp and clean.). Black & white & orange boards, 48 pp., BW illus. Parallel text is in German, French, and English. Title on cover: Kunstism, 1924, 1914. The 'isms" and other avant-garde movements represented are Cubism, futurism, expressionism, abstract art, metaphysics, suprematism, simultanism, Dadaism, purism, Neoplasticism, merz, prooun, verism, constructivism, and abstract film. This slim book provides examples of each. Included is a publisher's promotion page for the book, also in three languages. Note that this is a 1990 reprrint of the 1925 original, in terrific shape.
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