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Johannes Itten Vol. II

Catalogue RaisonnΓ© Vol.II. Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings. 1939-1967
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Johannes Itten Vol. II explores the extensive and versatile oeuvre of Johannes Itten, a pioneering 20th-century artist known for his paintings, sculptures, textiles, furniture, and groundbreaking colour theory. This volume presents a scientific examination of Itten’s work, drawing on 120,000 biographical documents and expanding the 1972 catalogue raisonnΓ© by over 1,000 pieces spanning his entire creative career. It combines the latest provenance research with indexes of exhibitions and literature to offer a comprehensive view of Itten's artistic universe.
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This volume is essential for artists, art historians, and scholars interested in modern art and colour theory. It is also suitable for collectors and enthusiasts seeking an authoritative reference on Johannes Itten’s diverse body of work.

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Paintings, graphic works, sculptures, textiles and furniture - Johannes Itten was an unusually versatile artist who during the six decades of his creative career also produced one of the most important works on the theory of colours in the twentieth century.

His artistic work is examined here for the first time scientifically on the basis of 120,000 biographical documents and sources and is being expanded in comparison with the catalogue raisonnΓ© of 1972 by more than 1,000 works from all creative periods.

The three-volume catalogue raisonnΓ© includes the latest provenance research, an index of exhibitions and literature and provides for the first time a complete overview of the artistic cosmos of Johannes Itten.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777431680

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 March 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 800 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 270.0mm

Height: 320.0mm

Weight: 3380g

Pages: 496

About the Author

The Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888-1967) was not only a pioneering art theorist and a prominent teacher at the Bauhaus, but he also left an extensive and wide-ranging oeuvre which is only known in part today. The lavishly illustrated catalogue raisonnΓ© covers comprehensively and presents an appropriate appreciation of the entire range of his artistic oeuvre.

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