XXe Siècle. New Series, No. 4 (double issue). Report on Figu - Lot 299

XXe Siècle. New Series, No. 4 (double issue). Report on Figurative Art. Paris, XXe Siècle, January 1954. Large quarto, paperback with a cover illustrated by Joan Miró. A particularly significant issue of the renowned journal founded and edited by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro. This issue brings together leading essays devoted to the evolution of figurative art in the mid-20th century. Contributions include those by Jean Cassou, Gaston Bachelard, Georges Braque, Jacques Villon, Michel Seuphor, Henry Moore, Henri Michaux, and other major figures in contemporary criticism and art. The illustrations include reproductions of works by Van Gogh, Miró, Delaunay, Léger, Le Corbusier, Matisse, and several original lithographs. An essential record of the postwar aesthetic debates between abstraction and figuration. Condition A good copy. The cover, illustrated by Miró, is slightly marked.