Kokusai Zuan å ½é å æ¡
Maki Hisao ç §å ¿é , artist and editor, et al.
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From Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 2 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since February 3, 1997
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Maki Hisao ç §å ¿é , artist and editor, et al. Kokusai Zuan å ½é å æ¡ , The Textile and Dyeing Design, Vol 1, Issue 1. Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi å …ç"°ç¾ è¡"æ è , publisher. Kyoto. ShÅ wa 3, 1928. 27.3 x 18.9cm volume of avant-garde design with 14 original plates tipped in, varying in size from 13.2 x 9cm to 8.5 x 8cm. Bound with staples and opens Japanese style. 22 pages including Japanese text, followed by colophon. Color designs are identified by artist in Japanese at the bottom of the page. Front wrapper features a photo reproduction of an artist at work. Artists include Maki Hisao ç §å ¿é , Chagall (ã ã £ã 㠼㠫), Tanaka Kichinosuke ç"°ä å ä ä» (1897 - ?), Herr Bolz ?, å±±ç"°æ± ç§ Yamada (Hozue?), é« æ ç ½æ Takahashi Hakusen, ç °æ è æ [Hosoki Kagai?], and ç é ç§ å ° [KanÅ ShÅ«hÅ ]. There is also design criticism in Japanese text, as well as the images, as indicated on the bottom of the cover (Zuan to HyÅ ron å æ¡ ã è è« ). A page posts the opening of a design exhibition to be held later that year. The notice encourages young artists and designers of imagination, out of the mainstream, to apply to show at the exhibition. Printed by the famous printer/publisher Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi (å …ç"°ç¾ è¡"æ è Uchida Art and Book Shop), who were responsible for a number of amazing design portfolios during the 1920s and 30s. Uchida's involvement means woodblock printing was involved, and there appear to be hybrid printing effects, as well. In combination with Uchida the previous year (1927), Maki Hisao produced a very scarce but well-known design book, published in color woodblock, entitled Shin Girisha MoyÅ æ °å è æ ¾æ ¡æ§ . Maki Hisao was a Mavo artist from the Kansai area and a founding member of the Mavo art movement. Originally an architect, he was interested in an avant-garde approach to design in all its forms, but primarily design for design's sake. "Murayama and his Mavo-Sanka colleagues Maki Hisao and Yoshida Kenkichi established the Union of Woven and Dyed Art (Shokusen Geijutsu Renmei ç "æ "è è¡"é £ç ) in Kyoto to study artistic textile production in conjunction with young textile designers in the Kansai area." See Gennifer Weisenfeld, MAVO: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931. Mavo was an early independent Japanese "avant-garde" movement heavily influenced by German Expressionism and Russian Avant-Garde Art that involved print projects, constructivist sculpture, and some of the earliest "performance art" exhibitions to be held anywhere. Chip in top left corner of front wrapper and dirt staining to wrappers. Minor chipping to edge of pages at middle. We have searched high and low for a reference to this work, with no result. Seller Inventory # 90887
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Title: Kokusai Zuan å ½é å æ¡
Publication Date: 1928
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