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The Sacred Spring : The Arts in Vienna, 1898-1918
by Powell, Nicolas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition/Very Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0821206192
- ISBN 13
- 9780821206195
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Very Good condition in a bright, shiny Very Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NOT price clipped ($25.00). Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 24 color plates and 117 b&w illustrations. A captivating look at Vienna's turn-of-the-century painting, sculpture, graphic art and architecture -- Gustav Mahler, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Richard Gerstl, Oscar Kokoschka, Josef Olbrich, Josef Hoffmann, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Josef Plecnik, etc. "With an introduction to the cultural background by Adolf Opel." Bound in the original yellow cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "This book surveys the whole range of Vienna's artistic achievement [from 1898 to 1918].". First American Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Fine dust jacket. 224pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016335
- Title
- The Sacred Spring : The Arts in Vienna, 1898-1918
- Author
- Powell, Nicolas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0821206192
- ISBN 13
- 9780821206195
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society
- Place of Publication
- Greenwich, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Ver Sacrum. Secessionist movement. Wiener Werkstätte
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts;
- Size
- 224pp
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