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EX LIBRIS 11: BAUHAUS
Cohen, Arthur A.. New York. ND (circa 1984).: Ex Libris. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tamar Cohen. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number eleven was devoted entirely to The Bauhaus and its impact - featuring one hundred and ninety-seven fully described original photographs, weavings and textiles, drawings, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera related to the likes of Josef Albers, Theo Ballmer, Herbert Bayer, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Paul Citroen, Walter Dexel, T. Lux Feininger, Hans Finsler, Walter Gropius, Paul Klee, Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Xanti Schawinsky, Joost Schmidt, Gunta Stoelzl, Sasha Stone, Jan Tschichold, "Umbo" (Otto Umbehrer), Dr. Paul Wolff, and many, many others. And while at the time of its publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some twenty odd years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome copy of this uncommon reference. Inventory Number: 025891