UNIT ONE. The modern movement in English architecture painting and sculpture.

READ, Herbert (Ed.).

Published by Cassell and Company Ltd., London., 1934

About this Item

4to. (254 x 190 mm). pp. 124. Illustrated with 67 monochrome plates. Original publisher's yellow cloth with title to upper cover, original grey dust-jacket with titles to front panel in red. The sole publication of the English artists and architects who formed Unit One. Unit One consisted of the sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, the painters John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson and Edward Wadsworth and the architects Wells Coates and Colin Lucas. Unit One opposed the English romantic tradition of working 'by the light of nature' and advocated a strong 'structural purpose' in both painting and architecture. 'Unit One is the name of a new group of English artists - painters, sculptors and architects - which was formed early in the year 1933. It is not a group of new artists: most of the eleven constituent members already have established reputations. Nor does it stand for any new principle in art. It arose almost spontaneously among a few artists well-known to each other, out of a consciousness of their mutual sympathies and common necessities.' (Herbert Read writing in the Introduction).

Seller Inventory # 45005

Bibliographic Details

• Title: UNIT ONE. The modern movement in English architecture painting and sculpture.
• Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd., London.
• Publication Date: 1934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included