Contemporary Polish Painting by Wojciechowski, Aleksander - 1977

Warsaw: Interpress Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Yellow cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front cover. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Dust jacket has some light chipping at spine ends; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. 187, [1]. 9 x 8 inches. A study of Polish painters and their work, with more than 120 illustrations in color and black-and-white. Covers the period 1945-1973. Contents: I. Art and History. II. The Colorists. III. From Constructivism to Op-Art. IV. Surrealism. Metaphysics. The Grotesque. V. Expressionistic and Metaphorical Art. VI. Naive Art. VII. ''Matter'' Painting. VIII. Emotional and Sensualist Colorism in Polish Abstract Expressionism. IX. The New Objectivity. X. Apotheosis of Ordinary Objects. Occupation of Space. Conceptual Art. XI. Final Remarks. [List of Illustrations. Index.]

Warsaw: Interpress, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 187 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Hardcover. Square 4to. Lemon yellow cloth over boards, brown lettering to spine and cover. Book Condition: Very Good+ with light signs of handling and a pristine interior. Dust Jacket Condition: Good only with frazzled spine ends, tears, closed and otherwise, splits, and general wear, though fundamentally intact. A fascinating survey of the Polish art scene circa 1940's-1970's. Other Titles: Polskie malarstwo wspó czesne. [translated by E.J. Czerwi ski]. Prepared in collaboration with the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences." Includes index. *Worldcat lists a number of dates of publication, though nothing definitive. Regarding publication date: since there is at least one painting featured in this survey dated 1974, we rule out 1970 & 1973 as publication dates, two popular choices by the trade. 1977 seems most comfortable, though there is no date of publication anywhere in… Read More

Interpress, Warsaw, No Date (c. 1973). 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Square Quarto size (4to). 188pp, plates in colour and b/w, index. English text __CONDITION : FINE, a well preserved very clean and tight unmarked copy in a VERY GOOD complete Dust Jacket (slightly edge-nicked, dusty and tanned, looks very presentable in its removable transparent protector). ... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS