ZWEYBRÜCK (Emmy). REDSLOB (Edwin). - Lot 320

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ZWEYBRÜCK (Emmy). REDSLOB (Edwin). - Lot 320
ZWEYBRÜCK (Emmy). REDSLOB (Edwin). Der Spielzeugschrank. [The Toy Cabinet]. Verlag Otto Beyer. Leipzig-Berlin. [1934]. In-4 square (24.2 x 24.2 cm). (14) double ff.: publisher's Japanese-style binding, with original green cordon, pink percaline spine, first board with a color lithograph on black background applied, after a woodcut. Unique edition. The most extraordinary Viennese catalog of wooden toys from folk art. Major work of the artist Emmy Zweybrück (Vienna 1890-1956 New York). Trained at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna [Applied Arts], she created in 1915 the only private school in Vienna offering training in various fields of applied arts, after having founded her own workshop the previous year. After the forced closure of the studio and school, she emigrated to the United States in 1939. Since 1909, she participated in the most famous exhibitions, including Paris in 1925, Leipzig in 1927, New York in 1928, Vienna in 1930 and 1935, Milan in 1933. Cover, title page and eleven plates on black background showing the toys of carved wood in bright colors: pink, orange, turquoise blue, yellow. On the facing pages, lithographed on a bright yellow background, and also animated with small colored compositions, the typography (Sebaldus-Gotisch from the Berthold foundry in Berlin) echoes the rough size of the toys. The playful texts by Edwin Redslob (Weimar 1884-1973 West Berlin), art historian, museum director, writer, and friend of the artist, provide a lively narrative framework for the carved wooden toys. The publisher Beyer, a specialist in fashion magazines, had published Emmy Zweybrück's drawings in its pages on numerous occasions, which is why it published this very attractive deluxe book, printed on a strong cream paper, far from its usual publications. Very minor wear and tear on the binding.
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