1956 · Geneva
by Fels, Florent
Geneva: Pierre Cailler, 1956. First trade edition. 4to; handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green morocco and marbled paste-paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g.; original pictorial wrappers, printed in gray, blue, and red, bound in, fine. Illustrated with 300 illustrations, both in the text and as full-page plates, 16 of the latter in color. These illustrations which were assembled by the publisher consist mostly of reproductions of various artists' work as well as numerous photographic portraits.This is the second volume of a survey of twentieth-century art and also the 38th of the collection "Peintres et sculpteurs d'hier et d'aujourd'hui. (Inventory #: 2396)