A monograph on the work of the Swiss-born, French artist Jean Crotti . Crotti was a central figure of early Euro-American Modernism--married to Marcel Duchamp's sister--and throughout his career restlessly experimented with many styles. Consequently, he has been largely forgotten by art history and is remembered primarily by scholars. His work embraced Cubism, Orphism, Dada, Tabu, Futurism, abstraction, and figuration. "Crotti was a spiritually minded, if not religious, painter who viewed art, and specifically abstraction, as a tool for grappling with existential questions and processing cosmic impulses." Text by Waldemar George. 58 text pages + 20 tipped-in color plates + 108 full-page b&w plates + 1 portrait of the artist; 6.25 x 7.5 inches. Biography, bibliography, list of works. Text in French.
A monograph on the work of the Swiss-born, French artist Jean Crotti . Crotti was a central figure of early Euro-American Modernism--married to Marcel Duchamp's sister--and throughout his career restlessly experimented with many styles. Consequently, he has been largely forgotten by art history and is remembered primarily by scholars. His work embraced Cubism, Orphism, Dada, Tabu, Futurism, abstraction, and figuration. "Crotti was a spiritually minded, if not religious, painter who viewed art, and specifically abstraction, as a tool for grappling with existential questions and processing cosmic impulses." Text by Waldemar George. 58 text pages + 20 tipped-in color plates + 108 full-page b&w plates + 1 portrait of the artist; 6.25 x 7.5 inches. Biography, bibliography, list of works. Text in French.