Various authors

Jaromír Krejcar (1895-1950)

ŽIVOT / LA VIE II. SBORNÍK NOVÉ KRÁSY

1922
Book format 4°, 25,5x18,5 cm, 208 p., ill., in Czech, French. Soft sewn binding. Original paper cover with photomontage by Puristická čtyřka (J. Fragner, K. Honzík, E. Linhart, V. Obrtel), J. Krejcar, B. Feuerstein and K. Teige, typographically designed and edited by J. Krejcar. It contains articles by foreign contributors: A. Ozenfant, P. Behrens, Le Corbusier and Man Ray, and by Czech authors such as K. Teige, J. Honzl, J. Šíma and V. Nezval. Subtitled Nové umění – konstrukce, soudobá intelektuální aktivita, it was published bz Umělecká beseda. One of the first European avant-garde anthologies, presenting new typography and visual style, universally understandable, inspired by American film magazines. Slightly restored (mostly cover), overall good condition, few smaller tears, several notes in pencil in text, slightly loose binding. Publ.: Polana Bregantová, Lenka Bydžovská, Karel Srp, Karel Teige a typografie, Prague 2009, p. 18-22.