Sophie Taeuber-Arp

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1981. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with some light shelfwear and light foxing to covers and front endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 54pp. 52 illustrations, 8 in colour. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York from September 16 to November 29, 1981. The exhibition then toured to Chicago, Houston and Montreal. In her introductory essay, Carolyn Lanchner examines the evoloution of Taeuber-Arp's work from the early horizontal-vertical compositions of the late 1910s to the polychrome wood reliefs of the late 1930's. Her work is also considered in the context of the extraordinary developments in European art from 1910-20 as well as in the light of the artist's formal training as a textile designer and dancer..