Softbound
1936 · New York
by Various
New York: privately published, 1936. Softbound. VG-, ancient small stain on lower left front cover. Black wraps. 104 pp. Includes essays by Lewis Mumford, Stuart Davis, Rockwell Kent, Joe Jones, Aaron Douglas, Margaret Bourke-White, Paul Manship, George Biddle, Heywood Broun, Francis J. Gorman and Peter Blume (Public Session). First Closed session includes comments by Meyer Shapiro, Lynd Ward, Max Weber, Gilbert Wilson, John Groth, Harry Sternberg, Ralph M. Pearson. Second Closed Session includes Saul Schary, Arnold Blanch, Arnold Friedman, Harry Gottlieb, Louis Lozowick, Margaret Duroc, "A German Artist In Exile", and Hugo Gellert. Third Closed Session includes Alexander R. Stavenitz, Boris Gorelick, Katherine Schmidt, Robert White, Waylande Gregory and Henry Billings. Fourth Closed session inlcludes Jose Clemente Orozco and David A. Siqueiros. Includes a list of artists who signed the Call to Action. Quite rare and very important. This publication represents the printed form of the First Congress of American Artists against War and Facism which was held in New York on Feb. 14-16, 1936.
(Inventory #: 7050000001)