Theo VAN DOESBURG
Drie Voordrachten Over De Nieuwe Beeldende Kunst. haar ontwikkeling, aesthetisch beginsel en toekomstigen stijl [Trois conférences sur les nouveaux arts visuels. Son développement, son principe esthétique et son style futur]
Maatschappij Voor Goede En Goedkoope Lectuur|Amsterdam 1919|12 x 16.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of these three lectures on the defense and emergence of abstract art.
Publisher's binding in half vellum, smooth spine, green title running lengthwise, boards covered with illustrated color paper by Anna Catharina Berlage.
Work illustrated with 39 in-text photographic reproductions of works by Mondrian, Kandinsky, Picasso, Brancusi, Archipenko, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Douanier Rousseau, Van Doesburg...
The three lectures are:
De ontwikkeling der moderne schilderkunst (Utrecht, October 30, 1915).
Het Aesthetisch beginsel der moderne beeldende kunst. (Haarlem, 1916).
De stijl der toekomst (Leiden, November 1917).
[followed by] Aanteekeningen bij de afbeeldingen.
Important and early reflection on modern art and abstraction by one of its precursors and principal theorists, founder with Mondrian of the De Stijl movement.
Rare copy in fine condition of this elegant but fragile publication.
Publisher's binding in half vellum, smooth spine, green title running lengthwise, boards covered with illustrated color paper by Anna Catharina Berlage.
Work illustrated with 39 in-text photographic reproductions of works by Mondrian, Kandinsky, Picasso, Brancusi, Archipenko, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Douanier Rousseau, Van Doesburg...
The three lectures are:
De ontwikkeling der moderne schilderkunst (Utrecht, October 30, 1915).
Het Aesthetisch beginsel der moderne beeldende kunst. (Haarlem, 1916).
De stijl der toekomst (Leiden, November 1917).
[followed by] Aanteekeningen bij de afbeeldingen.
Important and early reflection on modern art and abstraction by one of its precursors and principal theorists, founder with Mondrian of the De Stijl movement.
Rare copy in fine condition of this elegant but fragile publication.
€150