Between Worlds: A Sourcebook of Central European Avant-Gardes, 1910-1930

Los Angeles and Cambridge, MA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; MIT Press, 2002. 735 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. "Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Central European Avant-Gardes: Exchange and Transformation, 1910-1930." Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First MIT Press edition. "This exhibition sought to explore the mysteries of artistic influence and its dependence on communication and the exchange of perspectives throughout the region that is the subject of the present volume. Apart fromthe works of art themselves, the 'little magazines' of the avant-garde provide the primary documentation of this exchange . . ." - Publisher. CONTENTS: SECTION 1. ART AS THE CRUCIBLE OF PAST AND FUTURE. Chapter 1. National traditions; chapter 2. New alternatives; SECTION 2. ART AND SOCIAL CHANGE. chapter 3. The activation of the avant-garde; chapter 4. Art and revolution; chapter 5. Form as the agent of social change; SECTION 3. INTERNATIONALISM. chapter 6. International dada; chapter 7. International constructivism in Germany and Austria; chapter 8. International Constructivism in central Europe; SECTION 4. THE TWILIGHT OF IDEOLOGIES. chapter 9. Hungarians in Exile; chapter 10. Bauhaus resonances; chapter 11. Poland; chapter 12. Prague; chapter 13. Amsterdam and Stuttgart; chapter 14. Bucharest; chapter 15. Germany.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.