Skyscraper Primitives; Dada and the American avant-garde, 1910-1925
by Tashjian, Dickran
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremely gentle rubbing to corners, pale sunning to spine and DJ spine, light soiling to fore-edges, tight binding, bright page
- ISBN 10
- 0819540811
- ISBN 13
- 9780819540812
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan University Press, 1975. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely gentle rubbing to corners, pale sunning to spine and DJ spine, light soiling to fore-edges, tight binding, bright pages, very mild rubbing to DJ edges, two less than quarter inch closed tears to front DJ edges, light soiling and fading to DJ (mostly to rear DJ), else near fine(-) in very good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Quarto in white-brown DJ, b&w illus to front DJ, xiii, 283 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates, b&w illustrations, 26 cm. Contents: Camera work and the anti-art of photography -- 291 and Francis Picabia -- Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray -- The soil and Contact -- William Carlos Williams -- Broom and Secession -- Hart Crane and the machine -- E.E. Cummings and Dada formalism -- The art of assemblage -- Painting the machine. Arts, American -- 20th century.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92490
- Title
- Skyscraper Primitives; Dada and the American avant-garde, 1910-1925
- Author
- Tashjian, Dickran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremely gentle rubbing to corners, pale sunning to spine and DJ spine, light soiling to fore-edges, tight binding, bright page
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0819540811
- ISBN 13
- 9780819540812
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown, Conn
- Date Published
- 1975
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