[Art deco]. Katharine Morrison Kahle. Modern French decorati - Lot 174

[Art deco]. Katharine Morrison Kahle. Modern French decoration. London, New York, Putnam édr, 1930. 8° hardback, 219 pp. ill. with 27 b&w photo plates. A presentation of all areas of French design in what was not yet known as Art Deco, by a young American artist who was a frequent and enthusiastic visitor to the 1925 exhibition. Fifty years later, she was also an ardent propagator of Art Deco with her publication Art Deco for Collectors. Edwin Avery Park. New backgrounds for a new age. New York, Harcourt & Brace édr, s.d. (1927-28). large 8° hardback, 225 pp. ill. with numerous hors-texte plates of B&W photos and drawings giving 93 motifs. Analysis of new trends in Europe (Poiret, Ponti), followed by presentation of modern production in the U.S., including P. Frankl, as well as the most notable manufacturers, publishers and distributors. Antiquarian decommissioned library copy, in good condition except for small crack at bottom of spine and carelessly cut index. (GZ158 A/B)