Karel Teige: L'Enfant Terrible of the Czech Modernist Avant-Garde by Eric Dluhosch (Editor), Rostislav Svacha (Editor) - 1999-09-03

Cambridge, Massachusetts / London, England: The MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. VG- (DJ is slightly aged or soiled; page edges are beginning to tan lightly; slight nick at bottom edge of both dj and front cover; otherwise clean.). Three-quarters crimson cloth with black cloth spine; red & black & white dust jacket, xxvi, 420 pp., many BW illus. "Karel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important artistic argument and controversy of those turburlent years. He edited the most influential cultural developments and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scipts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances. ... Since the recovery of his work after the 'velvet revolution' of 1989, his legacy has been revived not only in Prague but also in Western Europe and the United States." (dj).

MIT Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine +/Fine +. Square 4to. A crisp, clean Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket dust jacket. 420 pp., profusely illustrated, notes, chronological overview and index. Introduction by Kenneth Frampton. Teige, a leading figure of the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural developments and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. Laid in are a bookmark from the Getty Museum's "Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe 1890-1937" exhibit and a press release for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's "Central European Avant-Gardes: Exchange and Transformation, 1910-1930" exhibit. As New/As New.

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG- light wear and soiling to dust jacket.. Red and black cloth boards with red stamped spine lettering. White and BW-photographic dust jacket with black lettering. xxvi, 420 pp. BW illustrations. "Karel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the European avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important artistic argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and International cultural developments and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scripts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances."--Jacket. "When the Communists took over Czechoslovakia in 1948. Teige was first hailed as a progressive, then denounced for not toeing the party line - even though he was never a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. He died a broken man,… Read More

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Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 418 pages. A collection of essays about Czech artist Karel Teige. Edited by Eric Dluhosch and Rostislav Svacha. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A very fresh copy.

Cambidge Massachusetts: MIT Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. 1st Edition (as such). Hardcover (original cloth). 0262041707 . Original red cloth covers and original illustrated dustjacket. With b/w illustrations. Slight foxing to top edge. With ex owner drawings to bottom edge. Slight soiling to front cover. Slight wear to spine, covers and corners. ; 26x25x3cms; 420 pages .

Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 420 pages, illustrated with mostly b&w plates, 8 color pages. Small remainder stamp on bottom edge. "Tiege was at one and the same time both an agent provocateur and seismograph, at once provoking action and debate and yet simultaneously reacting with the utmost sensitivity to the shifting political spectrum of his time."--from the introduction by Kenneth FramptonKarel Teige (1900-1951), a leading figure of the avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s, participated in every important argument and controversy of those turbulent years. He edited the most influential avant-garde journals on Czech and international cultural affairs and wrote profoundly original essays and books on the theory and criticism of art and architecture. He also produced paintings, collages, photomontages, film scripts, book covers, and typefaces and participated in theatrical performances. Record # 351118

The MIT Press, 1999-09-03. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!