The Arts Volume 1 1946, cover design by John Tunnard
Including three full-page colour lithographed plates on matt paper, two from Herbert Reads' article on Edouard Pignon and one by Duncan Grant which accompanies a three page W.R.Rodgers poem, 'Europa and the Bull' with illustrated borders also probably by Duncan Grant. Other contributions by Sir Kenneth Clark, Edward Sackville-West, Benjamin Britten and John Piper. This post-war periodical 'The Arts' was only issued twice, this being the first.
Title: The Arts, Vol. 1
Authors: Desmond Shawe-Taylor (ed.) with contributions by Herbert Read, Sir Kenneth Clark, John Piper, Benjamin Britten, Duncan Grant, Lawrence Gowing, Raymond Mortimer
Publisher: Lund Humphries, London
Publication Date: 1946
Format: Softcover with pictorial wraps designed by John Tunnard. 31 x 25 cm.
Pages: 80
Condition: Good. Covers a little rubbed with small losses to top left and right corners of rear cover. Losses to spine. Some spotting to inside cover. No inscriptions.
Stock Number: RB01139
Including three full-page colour lithographed plates on matt paper, two from Herbert Reads' article on Edouard Pignon and one by Duncan Grant which accompanies a three page W.R.Rodgers poem, 'Europa and the Bull' with illustrated borders also probably by Duncan Grant. Other contributions by Sir Kenneth Clark, Edward Sackville-West, Benjamin Britten and John Piper. This post-war periodical 'The Arts' was only issued twice, this being the first.
Title: The Arts, Vol. 1
Authors: Desmond Shawe-Taylor (ed.) with contributions by Herbert Read, Sir Kenneth Clark, John Piper, Benjamin Britten, Duncan Grant, Lawrence Gowing, Raymond Mortimer
Publisher: Lund Humphries, London
Publication Date: 1946
Format: Softcover with pictorial wraps designed by John Tunnard. 31 x 25 cm.
Pages: 80
Condition: Good. Covers a little rubbed with small losses to top left and right corners of rear cover. Losses to spine. Some spotting to inside cover. No inscriptions.
Stock Number: RB01139
Including three full-page colour lithographed plates on matt paper, two from Herbert Reads' article on Edouard Pignon and one by Duncan Grant which accompanies a three page W.R.Rodgers poem, 'Europa and the Bull' with illustrated borders also probably by Duncan Grant. Other contributions by Sir Kenneth Clark, Edward Sackville-West, Benjamin Britten and John Piper. This post-war periodical 'The Arts' was only issued twice, this being the first.
Title: The Arts, Vol. 1
Authors: Desmond Shawe-Taylor (ed.) with contributions by Herbert Read, Sir Kenneth Clark, John Piper, Benjamin Britten, Duncan Grant, Lawrence Gowing, Raymond Mortimer
Publisher: Lund Humphries, London
Publication Date: 1946
Format: Softcover with pictorial wraps designed by John Tunnard. 31 x 25 cm.
Pages: 80
Condition: Good. Covers a little rubbed with small losses to top left and right corners of rear cover. Losses to spine. Some spotting to inside cover. No inscriptions.
Stock Number: RB01139
