1957 Constantin Brancusi Art Album Catalog Book Hardcover Vintage David Lewis 50s

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Art Album / Catalog / Book dedicated to the timeless Romanian artist
Constantin Brâncuși

Rare Limited Edition

English, author David … Read more Art Album / Catalog / Book dedicated to the timeless Romanian artist
Constantin Brâncuși

Rare Limited Edition

English, author David Lewis
Hardcover wrapped in beautiful cloth with a glossy paper dust jacket
Year: 1957
114 pages
64 plates / monochrome photos
Printed on high-quality glossy paper, in 1957, by Portland Press Ltd, London
Published by Alec Tiranti Ltd, London, UK

Approximately 6.69" x 7.63" inches / 17cm x 19.4cm

CONDITION: 67 years old art album, overall in good condition
Has normal signs of thumbing and age patina
The dust jacket is yellowed, has stains and multiple damages
The original hardcover is in excellent condition
The edges of the endpapers are yellowed and have visible marks from storage
The content is in excellent condition

Wikipedia: "Constantin Brâncuși (Romanian: [konstanˈtin brɨŋˈkuʃʲ] February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957, was a Romanian sculptor, painter, and photographer who made his career in France. Considered one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, Brâncuși is called the patriarch of modern sculpture. As a child, he displayed an aptitude for carving wooden farm tools. Formal studies took him first to Bucharest, then to Munich, then to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1905 to 1907. His art emphasizes clean geometrical lines that balance forms inherent in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art. Brâncuși sought inspiration in non-European cultures as a source of primitive exoticism, as did Paul Gauguin, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, and others. However, other influences emerge from Romanian folk art traceable through Byzantine and Dionysian traditions."

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