LE JARDIN DES ARTS — Special Issue: Introduction to Contempo - Lot 201

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LE JARDIN DES ARTS — Special Issue: Introduction to Contempo - Lot 201
LE JARDIN DES ARTS — Special Issue: Introduction to Contemporary Painting LE JARDIN DES ARTS. Introduction to Contemporary Painting. Special Issue. Paris, Éditions Tallandier, [circa 1960]. In-4, paperback, typographic cover illustrated with details from a work by Jackson Pollock, numerous black-and-white and color reproductions. Cover price: 5 NF / 500 francs. An important special issue of *Le Jardin des Arts* entirely devoted to modern and contemporary painting, conceived as an introduction to the major movements in 20th-century painting and their developments since 1944. The volume opens with a life-size detail of a 1948 painting by Jackson Pollock, reproduced on the cover and opposite the introduction. The table of contents includes, among others: Georges Limbour, “New Images of the Modern World”; Alain Jouffroy, “Theories Invented by 20th-Century Painters”; Luce Hoctin, “Modern Painting (1905–1940)”; Françoise Choay, “Evolution and Trends in Painting Since 1944”; Alain Jouffroy, “Biographies of Painters”; R.-C. Giraud, “The Role of Art Dealers” and “Collectors and Contemporary Painting”; The Art Market; Alain Jouffroy, The Persistence of Reactionary Criticism; Luce Hoctin, A Tour of the Galleries; Geoffroy des Pallières, Bibliography. A particularly rich overview of modern art The book traces the major shifts in painting since the late 19th century: Gauguin, Van Gogh, the Nabis, Bonnard, Vuillard, the Fauves, Matisse, and then the various avant-garde movements of the 20th century. The section devoted to the postwar period is particularly interesting. It addresses, in particular, abstraction and new European and American painterly explorations, featuring reproductions of works by Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Jean Dubuffet, Hans Hartung, Georges Mathieu, as well as Kemény’s and Alberto Burri’s explorations of materiality. Françoise Choay’s essay, which traces the evolution of painting since 1944, offers a particularly compelling contemporary account of how these avant-garde movements were received at the very moment of their emergence. The cover, very understated and modernist, featuring a detail from a Pollock painting (1948), is also attractive. A good copy overall. The cover is slightly yellowed and pitted, with a few foxing spots and superficial soiling; minor marks and normal wear from handling along the edges and corners. The back cover is also pitted and slightly stained. The interior appears well-preserved based on the photographs; the paper is slightly yellowed but the pages are clean. The binding appears sturdy. The illustrations are well-preserved.
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