Jean Clair [editor] — Vienne 1880-1938 L&Apos;Apocalypse Joyeuse

Paris, Editions du Centre Pompidou, 1986. Cloth. A very smart copy of this detailed and illustrated account of the National Museum of Modern Art's exhibition on Vienna, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated throughout, much of which is in colour. A book on the National Museum of Modern Art's exhibition on Vienna, with chapters on the first generation of great artists, the relationship between Paris and Vienna, the end of the Republic, the journey to Expressionism and Rationalism, and much more. With detailed studies on the works of many important artists. Collected and edited by Jean Clair, the pen name of Gerard Regnir, a French essayist, polemicist, art historian, and art conservator who was a member of the Académie Française. He was the director of the Picasso Museum in Paris and the director of the Venice Biennale in 1995. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with sympathetic reinforcement to the internal side of the wrap with paper tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine/Near Fine.