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World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and John Whitney, James Whitney, Ha...

World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, E...

World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and John Whitney, James Whitney, Ha...

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World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and John Whitney, James Whitney, Harry Smith / edited by Karin Althaus, Matthias Mühling, Sebastian Schneider, Lenbachhaus Munich.

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Full title

World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and John Whitney, James Whitney, Harry Smith / edited by Karin Althaus, Matthias Mühling, Sebastian Schneider, Lenbachhaus Munich.

Publisher

Munich : Lenbachhaus : Hirmer, [2018]

Call Numbers

GQ 2019/0338

Record Identifier

74VKVBo0D37O

MMS ID

991024241613402626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

276 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 27 cm

Content type

text

still image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Munich : Lenbachhaus : Hirmer, [2018]

Edition

English trade edition.

Date Published

[2018]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"Abstract paintings were being produced even before Kandinsky. Completely independently from each other, Georgiana Houghton (1814-1884) in England, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) in Sweden and Emma Kunz (1892-1963) in Switzerland developed an individual, abstract pictorial language. What they had in common was a desire to make visible the laws of natur...

Alternative Titles

Full title

World receivers : Georgiana Houghton, Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and John Whitney, James Whitney, Harry Smith / edited by Karin Althaus, Matthias Mühling, Sebastian Schneider, Lenbachhaus Munich.

Notes

General note

Catalog of an exhibition held at Lenbachhaus from November 6, 2018-March 10, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2018

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

GQ 2019/0338

Record Identifier

74VKVBo0D37O

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBo0D37O

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9783777431574 English trade edition

3777431575 English trade edition

DDC

709.034

MMS ID

991024241613402626

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