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P6152 — Brno: Skupina výtvarných umělců v Brně 1933. Large octavo 23.5 × 16 cm. Publisher's decorative light purple boards; 127 pp. Numerous black-and-white reproductions. Lacking the dust jacket; cloth lightly faded; else very good. Uncommon monograph on the development of modern visual art in Moravia with a special focus on the ten-year activity of the Skupina Výtvarných Umělců Group of Visual Artists in Brno. With articles and reproductions of works by Petr Dillinger FerdyÅ¡ DuÅ¡a Emil Filla FrantiÅ¡ek Foltýn Ludo Fulla Mikuláš Galanda Augustin Handzel Věra Jičínská FrantiÅ¡ek Kaláb Jaroslav Král Jiří Krejčí Rudolf Kremlička Vladimír Kristin FrantiÅ¡ek Malý Eduard Milén FrantiÅ¡ek Süsser Josef Šíma and several others. A thorough examination of a highly dynamic art sphere eclipsed by the better-known Prague artists but with numerous affiliations with international developments in expressionism surrealism and other tendencies. One of 400 copies printed of which only 100 were intended for sale. The book was designed by Eduard Milén and partly financed by the Báťa shoe magnate. No other copies in the trade as of January 2019. Outside the Czech Republic KVK OCLC show five copies in the United States. hardcover books