Artists' Textiles: Artist Designed Textiles 1940-1976

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 2014. Presumed first (and only) ediiton. Folio in yellow and white stiff paper wraps illus in black; 303 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 27 cm. Mild bump to upper outer spine head region; slight sunning to spine; else overall a crisp and clean near fine(+) copy thus. . Paperback. ISBN: 9781851496297

A very well realized work, with many color reproductions of artist-designed cloth. Suprisingly scarce. Contents: Introduction -- The 1940s -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- Biographies -- Bibliography -- Index. "The development of textiles as an art form between 1940 and 1976, and the extent of collaboration between artists and textile manufacturers at this time, is unrivalled in modern art history. Raoul Dufy was the first twentieth-century artist to become seriously and successfully involved in producing textile designs. His work influenced and encouraged many other artists and textile companies in Britain, on the Continent and in America. After the war this movement really flowered with the involvement of leading artists of the day: Picasso, Matisse, Moore, Nicholson, Warhol, Steinberg, to name a few. This book is an important and comprehensive survey of this art form in Britain and America. There are approximately 200 color images, many of which have never been seen before, alongside specially commissioned photography. Major artists featured: Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Saul Steinberg, Eduardo Paolozzi, Fernand Leger, Ben Nicholson, Andy Warhol."--Publisher's description. Textile design -- History -- 20th century. Textile fabrics -- History -- 20th century. Textile designers.