Otakar Mrkvicka (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Strucny pruvodce dejinami moderniho umeni. Autor naznacuje srozumitelnou cestou priciny a smysl pronikavych zmen, ktere se odehravaly v 19. a 20. stoleti.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. Posmrtne vydane dilo, podle slov autorovych urcene mladezi. Vyklad hlavnich problemu z dejin moderniho vytvarneho umeni 19. a 20. stol. Zachycuje ve zkratce profily velkych modernich maliru svetovych i ceskych, jejich osudy, zapasy o novy vyraz, prohry a vitezstvi. V priloze 64cernobilych reprodukci obrazu a cenne rejstriky osobni i vecne. 64 s. obr. pril. Doslov Jiri Kotalik.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in the original red and black illustrated wrappers which are a little torn at the spine head, otherwise a nice copy. With 106 pages of generally clean text.

Octavo. Softcover. Red and black deco wraps. 236 pages ; 20 cm. Czech language. "Title page designed by K. Teige, cover drawn by K. Teige and O. Mrkvi ka"--Colophon./ "There were also 50 numbered copies published on domestic Japanese paper with the author's signature ."--Colophon. G+. Toning and edge wear including small chips and closed tears to wraps. Spine has a little paper loss, but does no affect the binding.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 255 Pp. Illustrated French Wrappers. First Edition. Lightly Used, Short Tears At Top Sides Of Spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Uninscribed. No wear. Otakar Mrkvicka (illustrator).

OBrosch., 115 Seiten, 8° (12,5 x 20 cm), Vorderdeckel lose, Rücken mit Verlusten, Hinterdeckel angeschmutzt, sonst sauber, insgesamt noch guter Zustand. Book Language/s: Czech.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm.8° - B/w reproductions. Gallery Jos. R. Vilimek - Prague September-October 1945 From the diary of Otakar Mrkvicka (1898-1957) Czech painter, illustrator, stage designer, art critic and theorist. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of primitivism, and poeticism. Mrkvička studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Prague and the College of Art and Design from 1919 to 1922. Text in Czech language. Original wrappers. In Very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4° - 25pp - B/w Drawings reproductions. First edition and captions, text in Czech, Russian, English and French, published in 5500 copies. Graphic, binding and dust-jacket designed by Zdenek Sklenàr. Original binding and dust-jacket protected with Maylar. In near Fine condition.…

First Thus. Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; 106pp.; pictorial ads in rear. Tiny split at bottom spine edge of upper cover, early signature (including title page) disbound at time of publication, else Very Good and sound. Czech translation of Stendhal's 1832 novella "The Abbess of Castro," attractive avant-garde cover art by Otakar Mrkvicka.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4° - 278ppp - Color Plates and B/w illustrations and photo-reproductions. Volne Smyry N° XXXIX 1947 - The Czech art scene between 1939 and 1945 with articles and illustrations of the most important artists of the first half of the 20th century: Jan Bauach, B. Brenda, Vincenc Benes, Josef Capek, Karel Cerny, Karel Dvorak, Emil Filla, A. Fisarek, Josef Gocar, J. Gruss, L. Guderna, J. Havlicek, Adolf Hoffmeister, Josef Istler, Josef Lada, Fr. Muzika, Antonin Pelc, Antonin Prochazka. First edition, text in Czech language. Original boards. In very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo 19.5x12.5 cm., wrappers, 121(2) pp. Cover design by Otakar Mrkvicka. A drama in three acts and fourteen scenes, written at the increasing threat to Czechoslovakia from Germany, this drama portrays human response to a threat from an unnamed country which resembles Germany but with an additional factor --- an incurable form of leprosy which kills off people selectively who are over 45 years old. It was later made into a film by Hugo Haas. Otakar Mrkvicka (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo 19.5x14 cm., wrappers, 65(2) pp. Photocollage cover design and four drawings by Otakar Mrkvicka. The second book of verse by Seifert, in the full articulation of Devetsil and poetism, which treated art and thought as whimsical and wondrous, without a strident ideology or philosophical basis. It was published by the communist publisher Rudolf Rejman. This liberal position would not last as the Communist underpinnings in Prague became more strident and doctrinaire. Seifert was a Nobel laureate winning the prize for literature in 1984. This copy with uncut signatures (fine) and signed by the author on the half-title. Otakar Mrkvička (illustrator). Signed by Author(s). …