Ausstellung französischer Kunst der Gegenwart

Berlin: Akademie der Künste, 1937. First edition. Softcover. g- to vg. Octavo. 51pp., 30 plates. Original illustrated light green wraps with black lettering on cover. Organized by the French government in cooperation with the Preußische Akademie der Künste in Berlin under the patronage of Hermann Göring and French Ambassador André Francois-Poncet. Rigid review of modernism by Dr. Robert Rey presenting 357 artworks from 129 painters and 26 sculptors. The exhibition includes works by "most of the living French artist who deserve attention" and surprisingly (truncated) works by Bonnard, Braques, Dufy, Leger, Matisse, Rouault, Utrillo, de Vlaminck and sculptor Aristide Maillol. Illustrated with 30 full page b/w reproductions of artwork. Six pages of advertising at rear. Text in German, Gothic script. Wraps sunned along edges and spine. Few small stains at top of back cover. Wraps in overall good-, interior in very good condition. (Inventory #: 40678)