John Bernard OrchardBiblio.com
Orchard, Karin and Isabel SchulzBiblio.com
Kurt Schwitters: Catalogue Raisonne 1905 - 1922
2000réf. 360194Koln Germany: Hatje Cantz 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Kurt Schwitters. The first of three volumes of the entire catalogue raisonne of the German artist Kurt Schwitters this tome covering 1905-1922. Massively heavy oversized volume bound handsomely in bright red cloth over boards with bluish stamped lettering to front cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket illustrated with some edgewear and a nick to spine bottom. From the publisher's blurb "Kurt Schwitters was one of the most influential groundbreaking and forward-looking artists of Modernism yet only certain areas of his immensely diverse oeuvre have been thoroughly investigated and catalogued. With this massive first volume of a landmark three-volume catalogue raisonne that oeuvre has now been fully documented for the first time bringing to light many of Schwitters' previously unpublished collages drawings and paintings. This first volume covers the artist's early years from 1905 to 1922 with little-known works from the period prior to World War I as well as the earliest Merz pieces he created between 1918 and 1922. The works are organized chronologically and within years according to genre. The book also features a detailed and illustrated biography of the artist." German and English texts. "Words of Greeting" by Manfred Bodin Harald Quensen and Klaus Rather "Foreword" by Lola Schwitters Bengt Schwitters then an Introduction by Ulrich Krempel Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz then Karin Orchard and Isabel Schulz contribute Explanatory Notes on the Catalogue Raisonne then followed by Catalogue proper Biography and an Appendix comprising a Glossary a set of Abbreviations Selected Bibliography Publications Used and Cited in Abbreviated Form Solo Exhibitions Exhibitions Cited in Abbreviated Form Index of Titles Index of Locations Index of Provenances Concordances and Photo Credit. Fine black-and-white photographic portrait of the artist at frontis. 636 pp. with 997 illustrations 104 being in black-and-white.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Hatje Cantz hardcover
