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From modernist icon Sophie Taeuber-Arp - a facsimile issue of the landmark avant-garde magazine Plastique in a collector's slipcase. Conceived on the eve of World War II, the facsimile edition of this important 1930s magazine offers a unique and multifaceted perspective on abstract art during the first decades of the twentieth century. Created by French-Swis artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Plastique encompasses the spirit of avant-garde art in Europe and the United States of America in a time where modern ideas and thinking started to become a dangerous good. Paintings, drawings, sculptures and texts in English, French and German trace traditions and changes in modern art through artworks of influential artists and voices of art historians and critics – often close friends with Taeuber-Arp. Plastique's five issues illus-trate the appreciation and the close bond between abstract artists in European countries and the United States and depict an air of internationality in times of increasing nationalism. 5 issues with seperate commentary (160 pages) and translations in transparent slipcase, 72 illustrations

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SOPHIE TAEUBER-ARP (1889–1943) was an artist and a pioneer of abstract art. Her multifaceted work includes painting, sculptures and textile work. She was the editor of the trilingual art magazine Plastique. A member of different artist groups such as Cercle et Carré, this brought her into contact with many protagonists of avantgarde art, resulting in various friendships.

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