‎BLOC André ( director ) - Edgard PILLET ( chief editor ) :‎
‎ART D'AUJOURD'HUI - Revue d'Art Contemporain. Série 4. Isues 1-8 . Complete run of the fourth series ( year 1953). (la quatrième série - 1953 - complete)‎

‎ Boulogne sur Seine (Paris), Art d'Aujourd'Hui ( publié par Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui, 1953, original issues, format in-4°, 31 x 24 cm, pagination varies between 32 pp and 78 pp (double issue). Série 4 complet. Comprising issues 1 ( = Janvier 1953) , 2 , 3-4 , 5 , 6 , 7 and 8 (= Décembre 1953). Complete with the hors texte colour seriegraphs and lithographs which were loosely inserted. All issues in very fine condition except issue 1 which has a small stain on the front cover. Fine complete fourth series of this Parisian art magazine nearly exclusively devoted to contemporary European abstract art. Many of the covers were especially designed by leading artists of those days. Also the inserts represent designs by leading artists of the first half of the 20th century. E.g. Issue 1 has a cover by Magnelli and an insert after Jacques Villon. [2] Cover by Poliakoff , hors texte by Ben Nicholson. [3-4] Reproduction of a manuscript by Apollinaire. Hors texte de Juan Gris. [5] Pablo Palazuelo, hors texte de Deyrolle. [6] Jean Arp , hors texte de E.W. Nay . [7] Olle Baertling, hors texte de Carlsund. [8] Jean Dewasne , hors texte de Sophie-Taueber-Arp. Among the contributors for the articles on the abstract art scene in Europe we find Michel Seuphor, Edgard Pillet , Léon Degand , Pierre Guéguen, Gerd Schiff , Julien Alvard , Daniel Henry Kahnweiler , R.V. Gindertael , Herbert Read , G.L.K. Morris...‎

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