Eddy, Arthur Jerome — Cubists and Post-Impressionism (1919 2nd Edition)

Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co, 1919. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Cloth spine with red titles. Paper-covered boards with red lettering. 253 pp. with tipped-in color frontis, 22 tipped-in color plates, numerous bw plates, and 3 bw line drawings. Arthur Jerome Eddy’s collecting interests spanned the breadth of early-20th-century avant-garde painting and printmaking. He was especially attracted to the abstract work of Russian-born Vasily Kandinsky and American abstract painters such as Arthur Dove and Albert Bloch. Eddy is often grouped with other pioneer collectors of Modern art, including Alfred Stieglitz, John Quinn, Albert C. Barnes, and Walter Arensberg, though as a Chicago lawyer he had less disposable income than his millionaire counterparts in the East. His desire to educate people about Modern art surpassed that of even Stieglitz and Quinn. In Cubists and Post-Impressionism, Eddy explained the latest trends in painting and sculpture, including illustrations of works from his collection and excerpts from his correspondence with Modern artists. In the case of Kandinsky and Dove, this is important commentary that might have otherwise been lost. - from The Art Institute of Chicago web site. VG. Corners of covers are rounded, some light edge wear. Light toning to spine and light fraying at head/tail. Spine titles rubbed. Binding just slightly loose, but still secure.