Catalog published in conjunction with French Cubist painter Henri Fauconnier’s first American exhibition, held at J.B Neumann’s renowned New Art Circle Gallery from December 18, 1948-January 15, 1949. Published in 1948 by J.B. Neumann. With an introduction by Amedee Ozenfant and a woodcut portrait of Fauconnier on the cover by Frans Masereel. Neumann (1887-1961) was an Austrian-born gallery director, art dealer, and published who immigrated to New York City. in 1923, opening New Art Circle Gallery. on East 57th Street shortly thereafter. Neumann’s “circle”—the artists he supported and promoted, and often befriended—included Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Georges Roualt. Oskar Kokoschka, Emil Nolde, Ernst Kirchner, and Rudolph Bresdin. His program championed European and American modernists, and was especially influential in introducing German Expressionism to the American market. 8vo, printed wrappers, the front cover with a white deckled eye, 16 pages, b/w reproductions, with a chronology and bibliography at the end. Laid in is an invitation composed of a half-sheet of paper folded into 4 sections. Scarce, especially with the invitation. Light bumping and mild rubbing to extremities.
Catalog published in conjunction with French Cubist painter Henri Fauconnier’s first American exhibition, held at J.B Neumann’s renowned New Art Circle Gallery from December 18, 1948-January 15, 1949. Published in 1948 by J.B. Neumann. With an introduction by Amedee Ozenfant and a woodcut portrait of Fauconnier on the cover by Frans Masereel. Neumann (1887-1961) was an Austrian-born gallery director, art dealer, and published who immigrated to New York City. in 1923, opening New Art Circle Gallery. on East 57th Street shortly thereafter. Neumann’s “circle”—the artists he supported and promoted, and often befriended—included Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, Georges Roualt. Oskar Kokoschka, Emil Nolde, Ernst Kirchner, and Rudolph Bresdin. His program championed European and American modernists, and was especially influential in introducing German Expressionism to the American market. 8vo, printed wrappers, the front cover with a white deckled eye, 16 pages, b/w reproductions, with a chronology and bibliography at the end. Laid in is an invitation composed of a half-sheet of paper folded into 4 sections. Scarce, especially with the invitation. Light bumping and mild rubbing to extremities.
