De Stijl, 1917-1931: Visions of Utopia

Minneapolis and New York: Walker Art Center; Abbeville Press, 1982. 255 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Walker Art Center, also shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian Institution. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Mildred Friedman; Introduction, by Hans L. C. Jaffe; De Stijl: a reintroduction, by Robert P. Welsh; De Stijl and the Russian Revolution, by Ger Harmsen; Painting and sculpture in the context of De Stijl, by Joop Joosten; Van der Leck and De Stijl 1916-1920, by Rudolf W. D. Oxenaar; Mondrian's Paris atelier 1926-1931; De Stijl/architecture = nieuwe beelding, by Sergio Polano; Neoplasticism and architecture: formation and transformation, by Kenneth Frampton; The furniture of Gerrit Rietveld: manifestoes for a new revolution, by Martin Filler; The Rietveld/Schroder House; From De Stijl to a new typography, by Kees Broos; The abstract environment of De Stijl, by Nancy J. Troy; Cafe Aubette; De Stijl and the city, by Manfred Bock; Echoes of De Stijl, by Martin Friedman; De Stijl chronology.. Paperback. Good. 4to.