Written by Jean Bruno Ravenni, Translated by Sergio Sono Hikaru, Supervised by Hiroshi MukaiyamaBiblio.com
Editors: Michael Asbury, Marcio Junji Sono, Hayle Gadelha ; texts by Dawn Ades ... [et al]Biblio.com
The art of diplomacy : Brazillian modernism painted for war
2018018476<p>Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Embassy of Brazil in London April-June 2018. Accompanied by catalogue in front pocket: Exhibition of modern Brazillian paintings : arranged by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland : being a collection of 168 paintings and drawings presented by 70 artists of Brazil to be sold for the benefit of the Royal Airforce Benevolent Fund. London : Royal Academy of Arts 1944. Contents: Foreword / Embassy of Brazil in London Ambassador Eduardo dos Santos; Embassy of the United Kingdom in Brasilia Ambassador Vijay Rangarajan Royal Academy of Arts Tim Marlow Royal Air For Benevolent Fund Air Vice-Marshal David Murray; British Council Sir Ciarán Devane; The National Archives Jeff James -- Preface: A modernist palimpsest / Hayle Gadelha -- British and Brazilian art in the 1940s: two nations at the crossroads of modernism / Michael Asbury -- The art of diplomacy / Hayle Gadelha -- Two fronts of the same war: the 'Exhibition of Modern Brazilian Paintings in London' in 1944 and 'Força Expeditionária Brasileira / Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho -- Modern Brazilian painting / Dawn Ades -- Oranges and bananas or pears and apples 'Exhibition of modern Brazilian paintings' at the Royal Academy of Arts / Adrian Locke -- Works -- Artists' biographies. 139 p. : ill. ports. facisms ; 34 cm. 1 catalogue in front pocket 19 cm. First edition first printing. Edition of 1000 copies. Blue boards glassine dust jacket now in a removable protective sleeve. Slight shelf wear to edges small closed tear to top edge of glassine small scratch to front no inscriptions tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.</p> Embassy of Brazil in London hardcover
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