"The Man-Made Object" Gyorgy Kepes 1966

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New York: George Braziller, 1966. First edition. Hardcover with slightly faded dust jacket. 230 pp., illustrated throughout with black and … Read more New York: George Braziller, 1966. First edition. Hardcover with slightly faded dust jacket. 230 pp., illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, biographical notes on the authors. This volume in the Vision + Value series presents a general evaluation of the man-made object as an important environmental factor in the shaping of 20th century mores, feelings, and values. The man-made object is here considered not only for its formal and aesthetic aspects, but also for its psychological and sociological impact. Essays by Alexander, Ashton, Blee, Breuer, Dorfles, Helion, McLuhan, Read, Ricci, Stone, Wight and others. Artists include Nevelson, Tinguely, Rauschenberg, Burri, Chamberlain, Dubuffet, Duchamp, Baj, Dine, Picasso, Schwitters, Ernst, and others. See less