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Abeceda -- Alphabet. Design by Karel Teige. Photographs by Karel Paspa. Prague: J. Otto, 1926. 4° (298 x 232mm). 25 black and white photomontages. Original printed wrappers (spine expertly repaired, light soiling).
FIRST EDITION. 'AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE AND... ONE OF THE FIRST CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS' BOOKS'; an 'important book which attempted to challenge both conventional artistic hierarchies and class distinctions with an art that could be equally embraced by a professor or a street cleaner' (The Photobook). Fotografia Publica, p.238; The Open Book, pp.62-63; The Photobook, p.94 ('A MODERNIST LANDMARK'.
Abeceda -- Alphabet. Design by Karel Teige. Photographs by Karel Paspa. Prague: J. Otto, 1926. 4° (298 x 232mm). 25 black and white photomontages. Original printed wrappers (spine expertly repaired, light soiling).
FIRST EDITION. 'AN IMPORTANT LANDMARK OF THE CZECH AVANT-GARDE AND... ONE OF THE FIRST CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS' BOOKS'; an 'important book which attempted to challenge both conventional artistic hierarchies and class distinctions with an art that could be equally embraced by a professor or a street cleaner' (The Photobook). Fotografia Publica, p.238; The Open Book, pp.62-63; The Photobook, p.94 ('A MODERNIST LANDMARK'.
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