John Elderfield — Kurt Schwitters

London, Thames & Hudson, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition copy of this copiously illustrated work on German artist Kurt Schwitters. The first hardback edition.In the publisher's original grey cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated copiously with 356 illustrations, 32 of which are in colour.A work by John Elderfield, a retired art historian and museum curator, who was Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 2003 to 2008.The volume focusses on the works of Kurt Schwitters, a German artist who worked in several genres and media, including Dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art.He is most famous for his collages, called "Merz Pictures". In publisher's original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.