EIDOS : A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design. No. 1 May–June 1950. Designed by Ithell Colquhoun.
Original card wrappers designed by Ithell Colquhoun. Colquhoun’s design was based on the φ spiral, chosen for its symbolism of the eternally recurrent rhythm of life and its relation to the Fibonacci sequence which underlies the Golden Section. The original drawings for the design are now in the Tate collection.
Only three editions of Eidos were published, all appearing in 1950: Number 1 May-Jun, Number 2 Sept-Oct, Number 3 Nov-Dec. (A later facsimile edition was also published in 1976). This inaugural number includes Herbert Read’s notable essay “Realism and Abstraction in Modern Art” – including illustrations of works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo – and Hamed Said’s article on contemporary artists working in Egypt illustrated with images of works by Anne Said.
Eidos according to its editors "takes the whole world of painting, sculpture and design, ancient and modern, eastern and western, for its province and would seek in principle to serve them all." Issue one includes articles on art in the Stone Age, realism and abstraction in modern art (illustrating Henry Moore's Claydon Madonna and Child 1948-1949, and Stringed Figure, 1938).
Title: Edios: A Journal of Painting and Design
Author: Miles C. Birkett, R. Wittkower, Herbert Read, Hamed Said, Molly Harrison, Douglas Cooper.
Publisher: Newman Wolsey Limited
Publication Date: 1950 (Volume I only. First Edition)
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Good. Series of damp stains to the front cover. Internally very good indeed. The pages clean and crisp. Previous faint book seller’s price in pencil to title pages. The spine and corners a little rubbed.
Stock Number: RB03209
Original card wrappers designed by Ithell Colquhoun. Colquhoun’s design was based on the φ spiral, chosen for its symbolism of the eternally recurrent rhythm of life and its relation to the Fibonacci sequence which underlies the Golden Section. The original drawings for the design are now in the Tate collection.
Only three editions of Eidos were published, all appearing in 1950: Number 1 May-Jun, Number 2 Sept-Oct, Number 3 Nov-Dec. (A later facsimile edition was also published in 1976). This inaugural number includes Herbert Read’s notable essay “Realism and Abstraction in Modern Art” – including illustrations of works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo – and Hamed Said’s article on contemporary artists working in Egypt illustrated with images of works by Anne Said.
Eidos according to its editors "takes the whole world of painting, sculpture and design, ancient and modern, eastern and western, for its province and would seek in principle to serve them all." Issue one includes articles on art in the Stone Age, realism and abstraction in modern art (illustrating Henry Moore's Claydon Madonna and Child 1948-1949, and Stringed Figure, 1938).
Title: Edios: A Journal of Painting and Design
Author: Miles C. Birkett, R. Wittkower, Herbert Read, Hamed Said, Molly Harrison, Douglas Cooper.
Publisher: Newman Wolsey Limited
Publication Date: 1950 (Volume I only. First Edition)
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Good. Series of damp stains to the front cover. Internally very good indeed. The pages clean and crisp. Previous faint book seller’s price in pencil to title pages. The spine and corners a little rubbed.
Stock Number: RB03209
Original card wrappers designed by Ithell Colquhoun. Colquhoun’s design was based on the φ spiral, chosen for its symbolism of the eternally recurrent rhythm of life and its relation to the Fibonacci sequence which underlies the Golden Section. The original drawings for the design are now in the Tate collection.
Only three editions of Eidos were published, all appearing in 1950: Number 1 May-Jun, Number 2 Sept-Oct, Number 3 Nov-Dec. (A later facsimile edition was also published in 1976). This inaugural number includes Herbert Read’s notable essay “Realism and Abstraction in Modern Art” – including illustrations of works by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo – and Hamed Said’s article on contemporary artists working in Egypt illustrated with images of works by Anne Said.
Eidos according to its editors "takes the whole world of painting, sculpture and design, ancient and modern, eastern and western, for its province and would seek in principle to serve them all." Issue one includes articles on art in the Stone Age, realism and abstraction in modern art (illustrating Henry Moore's Claydon Madonna and Child 1948-1949, and Stringed Figure, 1938).
Title: Edios: A Journal of Painting and Design
Author: Miles C. Birkett, R. Wittkower, Herbert Read, Hamed Said, Molly Harrison, Douglas Cooper.
Publisher: Newman Wolsey Limited
Publication Date: 1950 (Volume I only. First Edition)
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Good. Series of damp stains to the front cover. Internally very good indeed. The pages clean and crisp. Previous faint book seller’s price in pencil to title pages. The spine and corners a little rubbed.
Stock Number: RB03209
