Karel Teige / 1900-1951: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde
Hardcover
1999 · Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England
by Dluhosch, Eric and Rostislav Svacha (editors)
Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England: The MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. VG- (DJ is slightly aged or soiled; page edges are beginning to tan lightly; slight nick at bottom edge of both dj and front cover; otherwise clean.). Three-quarters crimson cloth with black cloth spine; red & black & white dust jacket, xxvi, 420 pp., many BW illus. "Karel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important artistic argument and controversy of those turburlent years. He edited the most influential cultural developments and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scipts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances. ... Since the recovery of his work after the 'velvet revolution' of 1989, his legacy has been revived not only in Prague but also in Western Europe and the United States." (dj). (Inventory #: 147150)