FORMAN (Werner and Bedřich), edited by Lubor Hájek. — Umění - Lot 127

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FORMAN (Werner and Bedřich), edited by Lubor Hájek. — Umění - Lot 127
FORMAN (Werner and Bedřich), edited by Lubor Hájek. — Umění čtyř světadílů. Z českých sbírek mimoevropského umění. [Art from Four Continents in Czech Collections of Non-European Art]. Volume II. Prague, Orbis, 1957. Large, sturdy quarto volume, approximately 33 × 24.5 cm, 321 pp. [and 5 unnumbered pp.], very richly illustrated in black-and-white and color; publisher’s hardcover with a color photographic dust jacket. First edition, printed in a run of 10,400 copies. Photographs and layout by Werner and Bedřich Forman; introduction by V. V. Štech; edited by Lubor Hájek. An important Czech photographic work devoted to non-European art held in Czechoslovakian collections; the second volume of a series devoted to the “four continents.” This volume primarily examines various civilizations and artistic regions of Asia and the East—including the Ancient Near East, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, and India—through objects held in Czech public and private collections. Much of the book’s appeal lies in its photography, by brothers Werner and Bedřich Forman: large reproductions of archaeological objects, sculptures, ceramics, and decorative arts, often isolated against a dark background. The photographs in your copy feature, in particular, ancient sculptures and a spectacular anthropomorphic lamp reproduced across a full double-page spread. The Forman brothers’ work on this collection, moreover, played an important role in the continuation of their research and travels dedicated to non-European arts. This copy comes with its original illustrated dust jacket—a point worth noting, as many copies available today lack one.
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