Für und Wider. Kritische Anmerkungen zur Kunst der Gegenwart (Pros and Cons. Critical Notes on Contemporary Art)
Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 192 [8]pp. Original light brown paper-covered boards with framed dark brown lettering on cover, brown lettering on spine. Brown endpapers. Title page with Gothic script title. Collection of biographical essays on artists active in the early twentieth century by art historian Paul Westheim, publisher of the periodical Das Kunstblatt. With three introductory essays: The Painter Paints Problems of Art, The Art Scene, and German and French Views of Art. The essays on artists include Hans Thoma, Lovis Corinth, Edvard Munch, Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Christian Rohlfs, César Klein, George Grosz, Rudolf Belling, among others. Profusely illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of art throughout. Contains list of images at front, and two pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Text in German. Light wear of binding along edges and small white stains on cover at top near spine. Very good to very good+ condition. Item #55514
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