DU CUBISME et Des Moyens De Le Comprendre

Title-printed card, separated at spine from pages which are bound together by stitching, intact. 56p., texte en francais, 17 reproductions en noir et blanc des peintures et scuptures des cubistes(et les Indiens d'Amerique, peinture francais de XIIieme siecle). Text in French, critical essay on the new paintings. Comparisons to primitive art, Northwestern American Indian totem pole tableau reproduced as example. Painters cited and paintings reproduced include Picasso, Leger. Lipschitz(scupture). Also, sculpture by Laurens, Duchamp-Villon. Painters Archipenko, Villon, Metzinger, Severini, Marcoussis, Gleizes(himself). Juan Gris, Herbin, Survage. Imprimiteur on back card of Editions Russes de Francais. Rare and interesting documentation of development of cubism, critical theory tying it to aboriginal art, medieval painting. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.