xi, [1], 48 pp. The final 48 pp. are photographs and reproductions of art. 26x20 cm. (10¼x8"), original boards. First Edition.
Rare work on avant-garde art and creations by the Alsatian Jean (or Hans) Arp and the Russian Lazar Markovich Lissitzky. The "Isms" referred to include Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Suprematism, Dadaism, Purism, Neoplasticism, Verism, and Constructionism, also Abstract Film, Abstract Art, etc. Pictured are works by such artists as Lissitzky, Arp, George Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Delaunay, Max Ernst, Juan Gris, George Grosz, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Man Ray, Laslo Moholy-Nagy, Pablo Picasso, Hans Richter, and others.