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Description:
International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the Société Anonyme for the Brooklyn Museum. New York: Société Anonyme, 1926.
First edition exhibition catalog composed by Katherine Dreier and Constantin Aladjalov, original graphic boards printed in black and red with cloth spine, tabbed pages arranging the material alphabetically, with author biographies and examples of work, frontis, title, dedication to Kandinsky, introduction, forward, and 115 numbered pages, followed by three leaves of advertisements, some toning and wear to boards, ownership inscriptions on verso of frontis and another scratched out inside the back cover, 10 x 7 1/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000
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