De Stijl: 1917–1931 Visions of Utopia (Walker Art Center, 1982) is a comprehensive monograph of the diverse and influential Dutch art and design movement. The book contains contributions by Hans L.C. Jaffé, Manfred Bock, Kees Broos, Martin Filler, Kenneth Frampton, Martin Friedman, Ger Harmsen, Joop Joosten, Rudolf W.D. Ocenaar, Sergio Polano, Nancy J. Troy, Robert P. Welsh, and Mildred Friedman.
Modern art, modern architecture and modern design all look as they do in part because of De Stijl, the brilliant international art movement entered in Holland between 1917 and 1931. Boing beyond Cubism to total abstraction, painter Piet Mondrian, designer Gerrit Rietveld, painter/architect/writer Theo van Doesburg and other De Stijl artists created a unique new visual vocabulary. With deceptively simple planes of pure colour – usually red, yellow, blue, black, gray and white – they produced works of astonishing variety and remarkable eloquence, which have ahda a lasting impact on 20th-century sensibilities.
– De Stijl: 1917–1931 Visions of Utopia (Walker Art Center, 1982)
The text is in English and the rich illustration consists of photographs, drawings, sketches and other visual material.
The copy currently in our stock is the 2nd impression of the 1986 paperback edition and it is in nice condition. The pages are clean, no markings except for a signature on the first flyleaf. The binding is a bit loose. There is some age-related yellowing on the edges of the pages. The cover shows signs of toning and some traces of shelf wear and use.
Please note that the product images are taken from our previous copy.