Author: John Vassos; Ruth Vassos
Title: Contempo: This American Tempo
Description: E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1929. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Inscribed by Author. 30cm x 23cm. [52] pages, 22 plates. Blue cloth, silver lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket. John Vassos, American artist and industrial designer, was a pioneer of the art deco style, creating shapes and designs for radio, television, computer, and broadcasting equipment for nearly four decades. Contempo is credited with launching his career as a modern artist and showcases his geometrical, cubist, and constructivist style, accompanying his wife Ruth Vassos' textual critique of post-war American society. This copy inscribed by John Vassos to Louis Lazarus. Good Condition in Fair Jacket. Very minor rubbing to cloth edges. Minor tanning. Crease to plate 4 (The Subway), probably as issued. Minor scratch to plate 20 (Suburbia). Jacket chipped and torn with extensive amateur tape repair to spine and edges. Shipped Weight: .84 kilos. Inscribed by Author.
Keywords: BZDB407 Art & Design; Inscribed by Author Unbranded John Vassos; Ruth Vassos Contempo: This American Tempo
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Title: Contempo: This American Tempo
Description: E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1929. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Inscribed by Author. 30cm x 23cm. [52] pages, 22 plates. Blue cloth, silver lettering and decoration, illustrated jacket. John Vassos, American artist and industrial designer, was a pioneer of the art deco style, creating shapes and designs for radio, television, computer, and broadcasting equipment for nearly four decades. Contempo is credited with launching his career as a modern artist and showcases his geometrical, cubist, and constructivist style, accompanying his wife Ruth Vassos' textual critique of post-war American society. This copy inscribed by John Vassos to Louis Lazarus. Good Condition in Fair Jacket. Very minor rubbing to cloth edges. Minor tanning. Crease to plate 4 (The Subway), probably as issued. Minor scratch to plate 20 (Suburbia). Jacket chipped and torn with extensive amateur tape repair to spine and edges. Shipped Weight: .84 kilos. Inscribed by Author.
Keywords: BZDB407 Art & Design; Inscribed by Author Unbranded John Vassos; Ruth Vassos Contempo: This American Tempo
Price: AUD 440.50 = appr. US$ 304.77 Seller: Book Merchant Jenkins
- Book number: 0026286
- Book number: 0026286
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