Czech Modernism, 1900-1945

Houston/ Boston: Museum of Fine Arts/ Bulfinch Press, 1989. Paperback. VG- (light wear to block and wraps, pages are otherwise clear). Color wraps. 263 pp. Numerous bw plates. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Houston, TX: Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 8, 1989 to Jan. 7, 1990, four other locations. Includes several essay on Czech film, modernism, cubism, photography, and surrealism; with a checklist of the exhibition, artist biographies, chronologies, and more. A very thorough study of this period of Czech art. Contents as follows: Acknowledgments /; Peter C. Marzio --; Director's statement /; Peter C. Marzio --; Foreword /; Jirí Kotalík --; The Czechoslovak Film Archive /; Hvezdoslav Stefan --; In search of redemption : visions of beginning and end /; Jaroslav Andel --; Czech Modernism : 1900-1920 /; Alison De Lima Greene --; Czech Cubism : points of departure and resolution /; Miroslav Lamac --; From lyrical metaphors to symbols of fate : Czech Surrealism of the 1930s /; Frantisek Smejkal --; Modernism, the avant-garde, and photography /; Jaroslav Andel --; Situation of Czech modern photography /; Zdenek Kirschner --; Imaginative photography /; Antonín Dufek --; Art/Commerce and the avant-garde /; Willis Hartshorn --; Artists as filmmakers /; Jaroslav Andel --; The theater and films of Jirí Voskovec and Jan Werich /; Michal Schonberg --; On the sunny side of film /; Pavel Taussig.