THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE AND CZECH BOOK DESIGN:
THE 1920s AND 1930s

James Howard Fraser [preface]

8.5 x 11.75 softcover exhibition catalog with 50 pages and 89 book covers reproduced in color with bibliographic details. Includes a preface by James Howard Fraser and an introductory comment by Blanka Stehlikova, who also wrote an essay on "The Czech Avant-garde and Book Design: An Overview," and the catalog of the exhibition. Includes full color reproductions of 89 items.

The exhibition that formed the basis for this catalog was commissioned by the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo in 1996 and drawn from the Fairleigh Dickinson University Library's Emma Dana Collection, as well as private collections.

The exhibition and resulting catalogue examine one stream in Czech publishing between the wars - the work of the avant-garde. The examples on display demonstrate the links between Czech artists and the European avant-garde, which largely inspired them, and also make clear the Czechs' own special contributions to the international avant-garde movement. In addition, the exhibition places the work of the Czech avant-garde in context by the inclusion of a number of works by artists working in more traditional styles.

Includes work by Karel Teige, Ladislav Sutnar, Zdenek Rossman, Josef Capek, J. Styrsky and many others.

Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.

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