Art History from Sounds of Forest OU

According to the exhibition catalogue introduction article Danish painting history dates back to the 18th century. Till then painters were foreigners invited by a king for a work at royal court. The determining role in the art development played foundation of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1754. Until mid of 19th century Danish art followed by the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Arlekiin, [Tartu], 1920. Soft cover. Limited edition. Thick brown paper wraps 32 x 24,5 cm, 10 original linocut prints on 9 unbound leaves 28 x 22 cm. Inscribed by author. Nearfine condition; wraps show soft edge- and corner creasing, darkening of the bottom edge and very light trace of moisture on the upper right corner of front wrapper; prints are… Saber más sobre este artículo

Side-sewn binding.Illustrated wrappers. Unpaged. [29] leaves of illustration plates. Good condition; wraps show slight soiling, fore-edge fraying and multiple creases across outer corners, damaged edges of the spine, small tear to the bottom edge of front wrapper along the spine fold; internally fingerprints on the bottom outer corners of the pages throughout, several illustrations partly painted (possible by author himself).… Saber más sobre este artículo

Limited edition of 1,500 copies only. Good condition; cover shows some staining and soiling, chipped upper outer corners of the cover, repaired edges of the spine; internally slight foxing on the illustration plates, pages show darkening the edges. The book issued for the eighth All-Russian Congress of the Union of Art Workers (known under the abbreviation RABIS, from 1924 Vserabis)… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 1000 copies.Near Fine condition; cover edges show light sunning and ocassional wear, few foxing spots on the cover and fly-leaf; internally almost fine. Scarce and valuable edition, highly unusual selection of the early avant-garde in New Estonian Republic. This was the first Gailit's feuilleton pieces collection, but it has significant literary and artistic value. Book is a replete… Saber más sobre este artículo

I. Džanemas Dziesma = Djanemas Sang (Jamema's Song). Collection: Lūcija Garūta dziesmas. Composed by Lūcija Garūta. Lyrics by Lūcija Garūta. Vocal by Milda Brechmann-Stengel. Author's edition, Rīga, [1937?]. Lyrics on Latvian and German. Folio 35 x 26 cm. 4 pp. Very good condition; edge-darkening and slight creasing along the edges, front cover shows slight egde-soiling, bookstore stamp on the back… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 4000 copies. Finecondition; one small foxing stain on the back wrapper. An illustrated catalogue accompanying the retrospective exhibition of the most stylish Russian avant-garde artist Vladimir Lebedev's works at the State Russian Museum in Leningrad in 1972. The publication includes an advanced introduction article exploring artist's multifaceted talent, list of 462 exhibits divided into six sections (painting, drawing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Near fine condition; cover shows slight yellowing to the edges and some minor foxing; internally perfect. The Vilnius Society of Independent Painters (Wileńskie Towarzystwo Niezależnych Artystów-Malarzy) was set up in February 1931 as a result of a split in the Vilnius Society of Fine Arts (Wileńskie Towarzystwo Artystów Plastyków, founded in 1920). The newly establieshed Society aimed to promote traditional… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 500 copies.Good condition: creases across outer corners and edge-foxing throughout the book, wrappers detached at spine were restappled, cover shows some soiling and staining. Golubaya Roza (the Blue Rose) was a Symbolist artist association organized in Moscow in 1907. Members included the ideologist of the group Pavel Kuznetsov, Anatolii Arapov, Petr Bromirsky, V. Drittenpreis, Nikolai Feofilaktov, Artur Fonvizen, Nikolai… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 500 copies only. Fine condition; bookstore stamp on the back cover, minor darkening to the cover edges. Danas Pumputis (1913-1980) – poet, journalist. From the second half of 1920s published poetry reviews in Latvian press. In 1931 was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour for anti-state activities (as a secretary of an illegal Komsomol organization), after… Saber más sobre este artículo

Estonian language, brief biographical statement on French. Enlarged album format. Near fine condition; creases across cover corners, slightly frayed upper edge of the cover, stress lines across the spine; internally fly-leaf shows some staining, slight moisture stain to the bottom inside corners of the pages throughout the book, occasional fingerprints. The book came out in print in February 1933 in three editions:… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 550 copies. Fine condition; slight foxing thoughout the book. Extremely rare book published by publishing house "Ellai" placed in Estonian provincial town Võrun (now Võru). It was the second Ellai publication, the first one was Jaan Vahtra's woodcut prints folder "Blanc et Noir" (1921) issued in 100 numbered copies. Both, book's author, writer and respected teacher Rudolf Reiman… Saber más sobre este artículo

Print run 550 numbered and signed copies. Near fine condition; cover shows some rubbing and edge-fraying, repaired bottom end of the spine; internally owner inscription on the fly-leaf, occasional fingerprints mainly on the outer bottom corners of the sheets.The "Songs of Bilitis" is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Frenchman Pierre Louys published in Paris in 1894. In 1928… Saber más sobre este artículo

High quality printing on coated paper. Print run 401 copies. The book is in Near Fine condition; hard embossed quality possessory cover from about 80s is well preserved with only minor wear on the spine ends; internally small stain (about 1,5 cm in diameter) on the bottom margin on four pages (text remained untouched), fingerprints mainly at the lower outer corner… Saber más sobre este artículo

Near fine condition; slightly frayed bottom- and fore-edge on the cover, small creases across cover corners; internally fine.Amazing avant-garde constructivist cover by Niklavs Strunke (1894–1966), one of the most prominent Latvian modernist artists. "On Art" - true rare and valuable book refers to author's more late publications of early 1930s, which are mostly Marxist-inspired and analyze visual art from variously… Saber más sobre este artículo

Near fine condition; damaged spine, minor creases across corners of the front cover, chipped corners of the back cover, small trace of moisture along upper edge of the back cover; internally almost fine. Dust jacket covering made from brown paper is glued to the cover along the spine, its flaps are cut off, chipped edges repaired with paper strips, back… Saber más sobre este artículo

Estonian language, summaries in French & German. Near fine condition; replaced spine, cover shows slight soiling, some creasing across cover corners, minorly frayed upper edge of the cover; internally fingerprints on the bottom outer corners of the pages throughout the book, rubbed owner's inscription on the title. Purely abstract cover in red-black-white colors designed by Laarman. An iconic publication of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bernhard Linde signed copy (well-known Estonian literary critic, essayist and public figure, related to Young Estonia movement)Near fine condition; cover shows some minor soiling and slight foxing, damaged bottom edge of the spine; internally almost fine.Present the first joint exhibition of most important avant-garde groups in Estonian and Latvian art - Group of Riga Artists and Estonian Artists Group, was… Saber más sobre este artículo

Near fine condition; cover shows slight foxing and yellowing, rust stain at staples throughout the book. Group of Estonian Artists established in 1923 was one of the first and most important groups in Estonian avant-garde art. Its participants had been guided by a common objective - cubist and constructivist, with somewhat purely abstract, searches. The organization's founding members included: Jaan Vahtra,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Swedish language. The exhibition of contemporary French art in Finland was organized by the French Association for Artistic Action (AFAA). It run at the Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki from 6 to 30 March 1927. The exhibition of 114 works by 33 contemporary artists introduced the latest art trends and was of great importance for the development of modern art in… Saber más sobre este artículo