AXIS No. 4
A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY "ABSTRACT" PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
Myfanwy Evans (editor)

8.5 x 10.75 perfect-bound magazine with 32 pages of text, 2 full-page color plates, 21 b/w plates and advertisements. AXIS was a short-lived (8 issues, 1935-1937) journal devoted to International Abstract Painting, Sculpture and Construction; and Editor Myfanwy Evans was ably assisted by her husband and publishing collaborator John Piper.

AXIS No. 4 [November 1935] Contents:

• Color Frontspiece by Jean Helion.
• Jean Helion by Herbert Read
• Helion To-day: a Personal Comment by Myfanwy Evans. 5 b/w plates.
• The Gallery of Living Art by George L. K. Morris. 3 b/w plates by Juan Gris, Hans Arp and Paalen.
• John Piper, 1935 by Herta Wescher. One color plate by Piper.
• Piper and Abstract Possibilities by Hugh Gordon Porteus. 3 b/w plates.
• A Coming International Exhibitionby Myfanwy Evans.
• Notes on the Ratton Exhibition, Paris by Roland Penrose
• London Shows by J. M. Richards, Eileen Holding and S. John Woods. Includes b/w images by Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Arthur Jackson, Winifred Dacre, Ivon Hitchens, and Henry Moore.
• New Books

John Piper (1903-1992) was a British painter, print-maker, theatre and glass designer. He studied law (1921-26) and worked in his fathers solicitor's office before studying at the Royal College of Art. In the mid thirties, Piper turned to abstraction, after an influential visit to the modernist painting mecca, Paris. He joined the London Group in 1933 and the 'Seven and Five' group in 1934.

Along with the CIRCLE anthology, AXIS is one of the finest snapshots of the British Constructivist and Abstract Art movement that tried to find purchae in the barren soil of England before the start of World War II. My highest recommendation.

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