Lenning, H.F. . The Art Nouveau - SIGNED. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. 1951. First.
4to. pp. 142, [1]. profusely illus., bibliography, index. Cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and a brown design on the front board, in attractive Art Nouveau-design jacket. Light fraying to spine extremities, toning and chipping to jacket edges with old tape repair to inside front jacket showing through. Signed and inscribed on the half title, "For Bernard - In appreciation of his sincere interest + help with the composition of this book / Henry F. Lenning / Lausanne, December 1951."
An interesting signed copy of "the first book in English on the style which brought the pictorial arts as well as architecture and the related arts out of the lingering romantic tradition of the nineteenth century." The recipient of the dedication is unknown but could possibly be Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988), Austrian-American architect, curator, critic, exhibition designer, and fashion designer.
Lenning, H.F. . The Art Nouveau - SIGNED. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff. 1951. First.
4to. pp. 142, [1]. profusely illus., bibliography, index. Cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and a brown design on the front board, in attractive Art Nouveau-design jacket. Light fraying to spine extremities, toning and chipping to jacket edges with old tape repair to inside front jacket showing through. Signed and inscribed on the half title, "For Bernard - In appreciation of his sincere interest + help with the composition of this book / Henry F. Lenning / Lausanne, December 1951."
An interesting signed copy of "the first book in English on the style which brought the pictorial arts as well as architecture and the related arts out of the lingering romantic tradition of the nineteenth century." The recipient of the dedication is unknown but could possibly be Bernard Rudofsky (1905–1988), Austrian-American architect, curator, critic, exhibition designer, and fashion designer.