Louis Hautecoeur — Sculpture Dã©Corative

Paris, Êditions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1937. First edition. Cloth. This oversized folio contains 32 striking heliogravure plates of Art Deco sculpture, compiled and edited by prominent curator and scholar, Louis Hautecoeur. A first edition, this attractive survey consists of an eight page summary of contents in French, followed by 32 plates, loose as issued. Published in conjunction with the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, the plates document the demise of Art Deco as the dominant modernist design trend. Complete with original fabric ties. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with some shelfwear and slight marking to the boards. Backstrip coming away slightly at head of spine. Some small closed tears to interior of spine. Internally, unbound as issued. Pages with slight age toning to plates and clean Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .