[Rarebooks] For Sale: Cahiers d'Art, 1931 complete

[Norman Kane]

CAHIERS D'ART. REVUE . . . PEINTURE, SCULPTURE, 
ARCHITECTURE, ART ANCIEN, ETHNOGRAPHIE, CINEMA. 
Vol. 6. Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art", 
1931.  Later cloth, spines lettered in white, 
library bookplate and stamp at foot of first text 
page in each volume, otherwise excellent, with 
original front  title--covers bound in.  The 10 
numbers in 7 vols, as issued.  Profusely 
illustrated throughout.  The famous numbers 5/6 
are devoted to Matisse.  (Roger Fry, Tristan 
Tzara, Minoan Art, Byzantine Art, Modern Spanish 
Architecture, Le Corbusier, Braque, Persian Art, 
Modern Dutch Architecture, Picasso, Chagall, 
Miro, Airport Design, Coptic Sculpture, Cezanne, 
Arp, &c, &c, &c. ("Paris was the metropolis of 
the arts. Two accomplished Greek islanders 
Stratis Eleftheriades also known as Teriade (1897 
- 1983) from Mytilini and Christian Zervos (1889 
- 1970) from Kefallonia – Egypt literally 
monopolized the art life in Paris with their vast 
presence and contribution in the field of art 
publications. Being both personal friends of the 
elite of the scholars of their times as well as 
collaborators to the most significant painters 
and sculptors such as Picasso, Miro, Chagall, 
Braque, Bonnard, Laurens, Beaudin, Giacometti, Le 
Corbusier, Rouault, Villion, Matisse, Leger and 
Gris they left a monumental publishing work, 
innovative for their times and of such a great 
quality that it stands out even when compared to 
contemporary publishing means. The Cahiers D’ 
Art, Zervos’s art books were published from 1926 
up to 1960. Teriade was the artistic director of 
these publications from 1926 - 1931.")
The only complete set of this volume on the net 
is priced at $2,000.00 (and its Matisse issues are soiled.)       $450.00
(Trade Discount Available)

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