" the Moderns : A Treasury of Painting Throughout the World " Vintage 1978 Lithograph Print Hardcover Modern Art Book

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This " The Modern : A Treasury of Painting Throughout the World " rare vintage 1978 lithograph print hardcover Modern … Read more This " The Modern : A Treasury of Painting Throughout the World " rare vintage 1978 lithograph print hardcover Modern Art survey book is a very special and unique book to add to your library collection.

The hardcover book with dust jacket is published by Crown Publishers Inc. New York, printed in Italy in 1978 by Bonifi Press Corporation, with compelling accompanied text authored by the Modern Art expert art historian Gaston Diehl.

This comprehensive survey of Modern Art offers a masterful view into the complex Modern Art Movement. Objectively approached with many of the most important artists, their works are showcased with defined accounts of the phases in the development of Modern painting from its origins in The Late 19th Century to the most recent works of The Late 1970's at the time of publishing.

This volume is illustrated with 126 beautiful full color reproductions, many of them published here for the first time, and with reproductions of 34 drawings. These illustrations and the informative text make this the most comprehensive book of its type published for the time, a must for anyone with a genuine interest in Modern Art.

Included in the book are artworks by the artists Raoul Dufy, Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Andre Derain, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Robert Delaunay, Nicolas De Stael, Serge Poliakoff, Franz Kline, Joan Miro, Stuart Davis, Piet Mondrian, Wilhelm Nay, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall, Robert Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock among many others.

The rare out of print hardcover Modern Art survey book measures 9 3/4" W X 12 3/4" H X 1" D, with 220 pages. It features 160 lithograph print illustrations including 126 in full color.

It is in excellent vintage condition. There is some wear from age and a few tears to the dust jacket edges that have been repaired with transparent archival tape. The book itself is in excellent " like new " clean vintage condition consistent with age and light signs of handling. Please see photos for condition reference. It is now being offered here for an excellent price. See less