Gallery - Japanese avant-garde
Murayama Tomoyoshi
Genzai No Geijutsu To Mirai No Geijutsu Mavo
Tokyo 1924
cover by Murayama Tomoyoshi
11 plates
262 pp., orig.wrappers 8°
condition: very good
Tokyo, Ôbundô, Taishô 13 [1924] Decorated wrappers (designed by Murayama). 8vo., 11 plates, 262pp, finals. The plates represent the only record of a number of constructions by Murayama, one of the leaders of the MAVO group and certainly the most influential Japanese artist of the avante-garde. The title may be translated as THE ART OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE. A bit worn, nonetheless still a very good copy of this very important manifesto. This copy is inscribed by Murayama himself, with a note by him that identifies this volume as his first contribution to the "Castle Series". published by Ôbundô. Very scarce and important work.
