芸術的現代の諸相 – Aspects of artistic modernity

Itagaki, Takao 板垣 鷹穂:

Geijutsuteki gendai no shosô 芸術的現代の諸相 [Aspects of artistic modernity].

Tokyo, Rokubunkan, Shôwa 6 (1931).

Title, 400 (2) pp and 24 plate pages.

23 x 15,5 cm. Original cloth withphoto illustration, original slip case.

EUR 580

First edition, first printing.

An important collection of essays by the art critic and theorist Itagaki Takao (1894-1966)advocating modernist trends in general and the aesthetics of the machine in particular. Itagaki had spent time in Europeand was influenced by the visual language of the German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit, the name of an exhibitionin Mannheim in 1925) movement represented by the likes of Dix, Schad, and Grosz. This movement had a strong politicalcontent and often identified with socialist aims. The cover of ‘Aspects of Artistic Modernity’ shows a collage of EuropeanCommunist publications photographed by Horino Masao who was strongly influenced by Itagaki and worked with him onseveral projects. (Titus Boeder, 4/2007).

Very fine copy with the original slip case.