CRAFTS OF THE WEIMAR BAUHAUS 1919-1924
AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Walther Scheidig
Walther Scheidig, Klaus Beyer (photos) : CRAFTS OF THE WEIMAR BAUHAUS 1919-1924: AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. London: Studio Vista, 1967. First English-Language Edition. A near-fine hardcover book in a near-fine dust jacket: trace of wear overall. Interior unmarked and very clean. An exceptional copy of a book rarely found in collectible condition. Out-of-print and somewhat uncommon.9.5 x 11 hardcover book with 150 pages and 92 color and b/w plates of the work undertaken at the Weimar Bauhaus before the move to Dessau in 1925.Scarce First American Edition, translated from the original German 'Bauhaus Weimar 1919-24' (Leipzig, 1966) by Ruth Michaelis-Jena & Patrick Murray.
This volume is particularly useful for its showcasing of the traditional crafts produced at the Bauhaus, as opposed to the mass-produced objects that defined the Dessau and Berlin Bauhaus.
Contents:
- typography
- cabinet-making and wood-carving
- metalwork
- weaving
- pottery
- bibliography
Includes work s by Farkas Molnar, Johannes Itten, Oskar Schlemmer, Paul Klee, Walter Gropius, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Peter Keler, Marcel Breuer, Gunta Stolzl, Josef Hatwig, Marianne Brandt, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Gerhard Marcks, Otto Lindig, Theo Bolger, Marguerite Friedlander and many others.
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