Constructivism Art Avant Garde Poland 1923-1936 Museum Catalog Typography Modern

by Edited by Ryszard Stanislawski

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First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Constructivism in Poland 1923-1936 BLOK Praesens a.r. Edited by Ryszard Stanislawski Published by Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, 1973. First Edition. Very good trade paperback, in very good printed wrappers. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, stains to spine cover. 4to, illustrated, 208 pages. Ryszard Stanislawski’s Constructivism in Poland 1923-1936: BLOK Praesens a.r. burst onto the international art scene in 1973, a vibrant catalog born from a landmark exhibition at the Museum Folkwang Essen, later traveling to the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller in Otterlo. Stanislawski, a visionary curator at Poland’s Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, gathered a team of scholars to spotlight the Polish avant-garde’s bold strides in Constructivism, a movement often overshadowed by its Russian counterparts like Malevich and Tatlin. Published during a time when Cold War divisions still cast long shadows, this trilingual volume—English, Dutch, and German—heralded Poland’s interwar artists as pioneers who reshaped aesthetics through groups like BLOK, Praesens, and a.r., weaving art into the fabric of social change. Illustrated with over 100 images, mostly in striking black-and-white with numerous full page color plates, it showcases 112 works, from paintings to photomontages, alongside manifestos that pulse with revolutionary fervor. The catalog unveils the raw energy of artists like Władysław Strzemiński, Katarzyna Kobro

• Publisher: Museum Folkwang Essen
• Year: 1973
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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