Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1921. Front cover lettered and designed in green and blue. Volume Three, Issue One for 1921. Cover edges just slightly sunned. Spine sunned to tan, paper label intact. In cardboard slipcase with cover and spine labels. Case is edge worn, paper spine label chipped. The first issue of the last year of publication of this important Expressionist magazine contains three original lithographs and four color plates, as well as numerous tipped-in plates. The lithographs are: "Die Bruder" by Edwin Scharff, "Figurliche Komposition" by Alexander Archipenko, and "Das Nest" by Carl Hofer. Two color plates by Erich Heckel, one by Georg Kolbe, and one by Eugen von Kahler. The Kolbe plate and first Heckel plate have minor tears at the mounting on the page. A total of six issues were published from the years 1919-1921, two a year, this being the fifth in the short series.. Grey Wrappers. Minor Edge Wear. Folio.

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Bookseller: Glenn Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001432
Title: GENIUS: ZEITSCHRIFT FUER WERDENDE UND ALTE KUNST.
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Minor Edge Wear
Publisher: Kurt Wolff
Place of Publication: Munich
Date Published: 1921
Size: Folio
Keywords: MODERN ART, GERMAN, LITHOGRAPHY

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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Wrappers: The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...