First complete English translation of Kandinsky's On the Spiritual in Art
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Author: Kandinsky, Wassily
Title: On the Spiritual in Art: First Complete English Translation with Four Full Colour Page Reproductions, Woodcuts and Half-Tones
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, for the Museum of Non-Objective Painting
Date Published: 1946
Description:
Illustrated in color and b&w from the paintings and drawings of Kandinsky. Headpieces and in-text illustrations from woodcuts by Kandinsky. Black cloth lettered in gold, color pictorial cover label. First complete English edition.
One of the classic texts of 20th century art history. "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is publishing the first complete English edition of 'On the Spiritual in Art' by Kandinsky. It was translated and checked by American, English, Russian and German scholars, who have collaborated to achieve the best possible way of doing justice to the original, and of preserving and conveying , in the most reverent manner, the ideas and style of Kandinsky." - Foreword. Wittenborn Art Books (NYC) label at rear pastedown.
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Heading:
Author: Kandinsky, Wassily
Title: On the Spiritual in Art: First Complete English Translation with Four Full Colour Page Reproductions, Woodcuts and Half-Tones
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, for the Museum of Non-Objective Painting
Date Published: 1946
Description:
Illustrated in color and b&w from the paintings and drawings of Kandinsky. Headpieces and in-text illustrations from woodcuts by Kandinsky. Black cloth lettered in gold, color pictorial cover label. First complete English edition.
One of the classic texts of 20th century art history. "The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is publishing the first complete English edition of 'On the Spiritual in Art' by Kandinsky. It was translated and checked by American, English, Russian and German scholars, who have collaborated to achieve the best possible way of doing justice to the original, and of preserving and conveying , in the most reverent manner, the ideas and style of Kandinsky." - Foreword. Wittenborn Art Books (NYC) label at rear pastedown.