Guerre 39/45

1945 · 193951 — New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation 1945. Hardcover. Good Boards have shelf/edgewear and light foxing; EX-Library indicated by only two stamps -- one on the ifc the other on ffep; one smudge on title page; interior is very very clean and binding is solid. Wraps. 118 pp. 1 color 53 bw/2 tone plate. Quite a rare catalogue. Begins with 45 bw plates of works arranged chronologically. This is followed by selections from Kandinsky's writings which have been translated. Also includes writings and essays by V. Agrarych Hilla R and a list of paintings reproduced in this catalogue. This is followed by a list of works which were exhibited in the Memorial Exhibition which includes 227 works. A mighty catalogue considering we were still at war. The works included in the exhibition extended up to 1938 six years before the artist's death in Paris in 1944. A scarce catalogue published during the war in what must have been a limited quantity. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation hardcover