SEUPHOR (Michel). Abstract Art: Its Origins and Early Masters. Paris: Maeght, 1949. — In-8, 230 x 203: 322 pp., (1 f.), 12 plates, illustrated cover. Paperback, padded cover. First edition printed in a run of 995 numbered copies, illustrated with numerous black-and-white reproductions and portraits in the text and as full-page plates, featuring a cover adorned with a color composition by Jean Hans Arp (1886–1966) and 12 color plates, including two original woodcuts by the same artist. This publication appeared following the first major postwar exhibition dedicated to the early masters of abstract art, held at the Maeght Gallery from April to June 1949. A very well-preserved copy, numbered 51. Without the printed transparent cover or the slipcase.