1984 Willet WEIMAR YEARS Bauhaus BAYER Lissitzky MOHOLY

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THE WEIMAR YEARS by John Willet A CULTURE CUT SHORT 160 pages and 311 illustrations in 2-colors John Willet: THE WEIMAR YEARS. A CULTURE CUT SHORT. NYC: Abbeville, 1984. First edition. A near-fine softcover book in stiff printed wrappers. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 8.5 x 10.5 softcover book with 160 pages and 311 illustrations in 2-colors (photographs, illustrations, collages etc.). Excellent visual survey of the Weimar Republic that flourished between the end of World War One and the rise of the National Socialist Party. The Weimar Republic established a distinctive new culture which sprang from the roots of the modern movement. Contents: Upsurge and Aftermath 1918-20 The turning-point 1921-3 Sober reality 1924-8 The culture of cities Economy and backlash 1929-33 Selective Index of names, illustrations and credits Includes work by the following modernists; Josef Albers, Willi Baumeister, Herbert Bayer, Max Beckmann, Karl Blossfeldt, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Max Burchatz, Charles Chaplin, Christian Dell, Otto Dix, Theo Van Doesburg, Slatan Dudow, Max Ernst, Lux Feininger, Greta Garbo, Tim Gidal, Walter Gropius, Carl Grossberg, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Hannah Hoch, Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, E. L. Kirchner, Kathe Kollwitz, Fritz Lang, Le Corbusier, Otto Lindig, El Lissitzky, read more