[1ST ED] Anni Albers On Weaving

$600.00

First edition of Anni Albers’ foundational text on modern weaving, both pictorial and utilitarian, published by Wesleyan University Press in 1965. 4to, 206 pages, illustrated with 112 monochrome plates and 9 color plates. Albers, the Bauhaus master and Black Mountain College instructor, elucidates the visual and structural elements of weaving through chapters with titles such as hand weaving, the loom, fundamental constructions, modified and composite weaves, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, tapestry, and design as visual organization. Depicted are compositions by Albers in her Bauhaus and post-war periods, along with work by Sophie Tauber-Arp, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Auguste Herbin, Michel Seuphor, Jack Lenore Larsen, and Lenore Tawny. Light chipping and small open tears to dj. Creasing and closed tear along the top edge of front cover. Scarce with dust jacket.

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First edition of Anni Albers’ foundational text on modern weaving, both pictorial and utilitarian, published by Wesleyan University Press in 1965. 4to, 206 pages, illustrated with 112 monochrome plates and 9 color plates. Albers, the Bauhaus master and Black Mountain College instructor, elucidates the visual and structural elements of weaving through chapters with titles such as hand weaving, the loom, fundamental constructions, modified and composite weaves, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, tapestry, and design as visual organization. Depicted are compositions by Albers in her Bauhaus and post-war periods, along with work by Sophie Tauber-Arp, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Auguste Herbin, Michel Seuphor, Jack Lenore Larsen, and Lenore Tawny. Light chipping and small open tears to dj. Creasing and closed tear along the top edge of front cover. Scarce with dust jacket.

First edition of Anni Albers’ foundational text on modern weaving, both pictorial and utilitarian, published by Wesleyan University Press in 1965. 4to, 206 pages, illustrated with 112 monochrome plates and 9 color plates. Albers, the Bauhaus master and Black Mountain College instructor, elucidates the visual and structural elements of weaving through chapters with titles such as hand weaving, the loom, fundamental constructions, modified and composite weaves, interrelation of fiber and construction, tactile sensibility, tapestry, and design as visual organization. Depicted are compositions by Albers in her Bauhaus and post-war periods, along with work by Sophie Tauber-Arp, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely, Auguste Herbin, Michel Seuphor, Jack Lenore Larsen, and Lenore Tawny. Light chipping and small open tears to dj. Creasing and closed tear along the top edge of front cover. Scarce with dust jacket.

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