Moods and Movements in Art
first edition hardcover
1959 · New York
by VERVE
New York: Reynal & Company, 1959. hardcover. very good/very good(-). Profusely illustrated in color and b/w by many different artists. 29 original lithographs (17 in color, 5 being double-page) by Braque, Matisse, Laurens, Giacometti, Masson, Leger, Miro, Bores, Gromaire & Chagall. 153 pages. Short folio, original white pictorial boards by Braque, chipped d.w. (spine and board edges are a bit sunned and lightly worn; internally fresh & clean). New York: Reynal & Company, (1959). First American edition. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. A scarce book. Original published by Verve, Nos. 27/28, in 1952. Despite the English title and captions, the text is in French, but there is a 32 page pamphlet with English translation included in pocket at front. The five double-page color lithographs are by Matisse, Masson, Leger, Miro & Chagall. (Inventory #: 278690)