Stele Franc (3 results)

First Edition. Minor annotation to the title page. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 79 pages; Description: 79, [1] p. Illus. (part col. ) 27 cm. Gorenjsko (Slovenia) --Pictorial works. Impressively illustrated throughout. 4 Kg.

First Edition. Minor annotation to the title page. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 79 pages; Description: 79, [1] p. Illus. (part col. ) 27 cm. Gorenjsko (Slovenia) --Pictorial works. Impressively illustrated throughout. 2 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large quarto 31x24 cm., wrappers, 21 plates, 32pp (vi)pp. Cover is an unattributed original abstract woodcut, probably by Jakac. Very rare survey of Slovenian modern art, with essays and statements by Slovenian artists and writers, in Czech. France Stele s essay on modernism in Slovenia is from a manuscript; Cankar s was from his book OBISKI, and a second essay from an manuscript; there are three other written essays, one of which was written specifically for this publication, which accompanied an exhibition in Hodonin in 1922. Due to the indifferent response and reactionary climate and eventual suppression of any avant-garde or groundbreaking expression in that part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, very little was published there about the new art. Branko ve Poljanski had published an only issue of Svetokrat in Ljubljana in 1921 without success, and the Dadaist exhibitions and publications of Tank in 1925-26 were met with violent suppression. However, the Czechs proved to be more receptive, as indicated by the show in Moravia with this book and as well as an issue of Veraikon dedicated to the Slovene expressionists in the same year.Works by Veno Pilon, Tratnik, Jakac, Fran Kralj, Smrekar, Grohar, Jakopik and others are displayed, with essays on their work and statements by the artists. Condition very good, a crisp copy; one text page has a repaired tear. This publication was a special offering in the third year of the journal Umelecky list. The original article there was only 9 pages. Rare: no copies found of this publication in North American libraries.