DE STIJL: 1917-1931
VISIONS OF UTOPIA
Mildred Friedman [Editor]
Mildred Friedman [Editor]: DE STIJL: 1917-1931. VISIONS OF UTOPIA. New York: Abbeville Press, 1982. First edition. Large quarto. White cloth stamped in black. Printed dust jacket. 256 pp. 205 color and black and white illustrations. Jacket spine lightly sunned and textblock edges slightly dusty. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. A nearly fine copy. 9.5 x 1.51 hardcover book with 256 pages and 205 illustrations, many in color. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, this colorful work features twelve essays analyzing the social, philosophical, and political forces that shaped the attitudes and defined the continuing influence of this early twentieth century movement. Introduction by Hans L.C. Jaffe; essays by Martin Filler, Kees Broos, Kenneth Frampton, Nancy J. Troy, others.
From the book: “Never formally organized, the artists associated with De Stijl were united by shared aesthetic concerns, which they expressed in De Stijl (The Style) magazine, published by Van Doesburg from 1917 to 1931. In their work, these artists were at once theoretical and practical.
The articulated De Stijl concepts in highly formal paintings such as those by Mondrian and Bart van der Leck, and in the elegant but functional furnishings and architecture of J. J. P. Oud, Rietveld and others. Using only spare, elementary forms and primary colors, De Stijl artists embodied utopian ideals in utilitarian forms that achieved true universality.
Every aspect of this diverse movement is thoroughly documented in this lavishly illustrated volume, which is published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of De Stijl art in nearly three decades. Organized by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, it will also be shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.
Twelve essays by prominent Dutch, Canadian and American scholars introduce the artistic accomplishments of the De Stijl artists, analyze the social, philosophical and political forces that shaped their attitudes and define De Stijl’s continuing influence on 20th-century art forms. An extensive chronology, bibliography, and biography of the artists are also included.”
Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- De Stijl: A Reintroduction
- De Stijl and the Russian Revolution
- Painting and Sculpture in the Context of De Stijl
- Van der Leck and De Stijl 1916-1920
- Mondrian’s Paris Atelier 1926-1931
- De Stijl/Architecture=Nieuwe Beelding
- Neoplasticism and Architecture: Formation and Transformation
- The Furniture of Gerrit Rietveld: Manifestoes for a New Revolution
- The Rietveld/Schröder House
- From De Stijl to a New Typography
- The Abstract Environment of De Stijl
- Cafe Aubette
- De Stijl and the City
- Echoes of De Stijl
- De Stijl Chronology
- Biographies/Bibliographies
- Acknowledgments
- Lenders to the Exhibition
- Index
Featuring work by Hans Arp, Sophie Tauber-Arp, Piet Mondrian, Gerrit Rietveld, Theo van Doesburg, J. J. P. Oud, Bart van der Leck, El Lissitzky, Wils, Huszar, Kurt Schwitters, Kasimir Malevich and many other transitional Dutch modernists.
Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.
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