CZECH CUBISM
ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE, DECORATIVE ARTS
1910 - 1925
Alexander von Vegesack [Editor]
Alexander von Vegesack [Editor]: CZECH CUBISM: ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE, DECORATIVE ARTS 1910 - 1925. Princeton, NJ and Weil am Rhein: Princeton Architectural Press and Vitra Design Museum, 1992. First English edition. Quarto. Gray cloth titled in black. Printed dust jacket. 344 pp. Fully illustrated with over 500 photographs and drawings in color and black and white. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Trivial wear overall: a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. Scarce in this condition.
9 x 12 hardcover book with 344 pages and more than 500 photographs and drawings, many in full color. Examines Czech contributions in all facets of the arts and architecture within the avant-garde community. Texts by Milena B. Lamarova, Vladimir Slapeta, Petr Wittlich, Jiri Setlik, Josef Kroutvor, Olga Herbenova, Francois Burkhardt and Alessandro Mendini.
Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition of the same name prepared by the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague in collaboration with the National Technical Museum, Prague and the Vitra Design Museum, Wein am Rhein: Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague [May 16 - June 30, 1991]; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein [July 12 - Sept 22, 1991]; Rhineland and Westphalia Arts Society, Dusseldorf [Sept 26 - Dec 1, 1991]; Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid [Dec 15, 1991 - Feb 28, 1992]; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris [March 18 - May 17, 1992]; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal [Jun 10 - Aug 2, 1992]; The University of the Arts, Philadelphia [ Sept 18 - Dec 18, 1992]; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York [April 6 - Aug 15, 1993].
Abridged Contents
Foreword by Helena Koenigsmarkova
Foreword by Ivo Janousek
Preface by Alexander von Vegesack
On Cubism: Texts and Reflections
Nine essays on Cubism including Architecture, Applied Arts and Design, Posters, Otto Gutfreund and Janak's Journal 1911 - 1914
The Exhibition
Includes Catalog, Architecture (Existing Buildings, Destroyed Buildings, Exhibition Installations, Unrealized Projects), Furniture, Ceramics and Posters
Addenda
Includes Biographies, Chronology, Bibliography, List of Exhibitions, Index of Names and Photographic Credits
Map Supplements
Includes Existing Buildings, Bohemia and Moravia; Existing Buildings, Prague
Artists and architects include Josef Gocar, Josef Chochol, Otto Gutfreund, Emil Filla, Vacla Spala, Josef Capek, Jan Kotera, Pavel Janak, Josip Plecnik, Vlatislav Hofman, Otakar Novotny, Petr Kropacek, Ladislav Machon and Jaroslav Horejc, Jiri Kroha, Jaroslav Fragner, Antonin Prochazka, Rudolph Stockar, Alessandro Mendini, Matej Blecha, Bohuslav Fuchs and Josef Stepanek, Bedrich Feuerstein, Eugen Linhart, Jaroslav Benda, Antonin Brunner, Jiri Dreman and Frantisek Kysela among others.