Czechoslovakia: Středočeská galerie, 1968. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched green printed wrappers; [16] pp. Six full-page reproductions. Very good. Exhibition catalog of Skupina 42, with an introduction by Jan Dvořák featuring biographical information on the artists and a list of works exhibited. The Czech post-war artist collective "Skupina 42" (Group 42) was formally founded in 1940, during the German Protectorate. The group was forbidden by the Communist government in 1948, but its members and artists continued to work and impact the Czech art scene well into the 1970s. "Skupina 42" was significantly shaped by the experience of war and the German occupation. It combined pre-war tendencies such as cubism, futurism, and constructivism with existentialist and surrealist thought and images. Nevertheless it also sought to counteract a certain academic quality in art and was drawn to a kind of urban realism: the city in its manifold forms was an important theme, and ties to American literature and art were also strong. KVK, OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library. (Inventory #: P6496)
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