THE ART OF MOVEMENT. - Lot 157

THE ART OF MOVEMENT. Film Collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, 1919–1996. Catalog edited by Jean-Michel Bouhours. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1996. Large quarto, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. An important catalog published to mark the formation and presentation of the National Museum of Modern Art’s film collection. The volume traces nearly a century of artist-made cinema, experimental films, avant-garde works, and cinematic creations preserved by the Centre Georges Pompidou. Richly illustrated with stills, archival documents, posters, and reproductions, it features detailed entries on the collection’s major works, ranging from the historical avant-garde (Germaine Dulac, Fernand Léger, Man Ray, Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling, Marcel Duchamp, Luis Buñuel, René Clair) to contemporary artists such as Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Bruce Nauman, Gary Hill, Jean-Luc Godard, Chris Marker, Michael Snow, and Thierry Kuntzel. The volume is rounded out by historical and critical essays on the relationships between the visual arts, photography, and the moving image. A reference work on the history of experimental cinema and 20th-century audiovisual creation, it remains one of the major publications dedicated to the collections of the Centre Pompidou. Copy with an illustrated dust jacket showing some scuffing and signs of wear; interior in very good condition.