Description: ALFRED RETH RHYTHM-HARMONIES OF MATTER AND COLOR (1957) Bookplate Print on sheet that measures approx. 9 3/8" x 10-5/8". Condition: Very Good used condition. Bookplate print has printing on verso. 1962 Full Color Print - Photo-Offset by Drukkerij Smeets in Weert, Holland for Harry N. Abrams publisher. This listing is for the actual print pictured. Because every monitor displays differently, expect that there will be some variance between what you see on the monitor and how the print will look in your hands. The image of the print posted on this listing is as representative of the actual print as I could make it. The print is over 60 years old, in very good condition over all, and is a full color Photo-Offset print. Alfred Reth is highly regarded as a member of the early Cubist movement and also for his innovative textural approach to abstraction. Arriving in Paris from Budapest in 1905 he first studied in various academies where his revolutionary approach soon became evident. His early work was marked by Hindu influences, in particular the concern with a harmonious (and thus sacred) juxtaposition of straight and curved lines which he found to have a correlation of 2:7 in nature. This focus would already bring him close to total abstraction. At the same time he was fully engaged with the Cubist aesthetic, and both aspects of his work could be seen in his contributions to the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Indépendants of 1910, 1911 and 1912.Meeting with critical acclaim he started to exhibit frequently, individually at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris and the famous Gallery Der Sturm in Berlin and also with fellow avant-garde artists Léger, Metzinger, Kandinsky, Le Fauconnier, Delaunay in several international venues. He then volunteered for military service in the first World War, and it seems that with the distress and instability of this period Reth reverted to a more directly representational manner. This decision was echoed in the work of many other avant-garde artists including Léger and Picassso. His work continued to evolve however, and soon he once more looked towards a non-objective pictorial language, and in 1932 he became a member of Abstraction Création. This large association of artists quickly became an influential rallying point for the “abstract contingent” of the European avant-garde, and counted among its members Kandinsky, Mondrian, Herbin, Gabo, Arp. Abstract art, modern art, painting, avant-garde, dadaism, cubism, surrealism, fauvism, de stilj, geometric art. About the Printer:In 1830 Mathaeus Smeets started a printing company in Weert with their first hand press. Five generations of Smeets then brought the company to great prosperity and the printing company became an innovative and internationally operating company. In the 1970s, the company had a workforce of more than 1200 employees.The printing company was sold to VNU in 1968 and was no longer a family business.The company was usually called "Drukkerij Smeets" in Weert, but in the course of its history it had various names such as Emmanuel Smeets, Smeets Offset, Koninklijke Smeets Offset and Roto Smeets Weert.LOC: A9-FStoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackALFRED RETH BOOKPLATE PRINT ABSTRACT Modern Art 1962 CUBISM Avant-Garde COLOR ALFRED RETH RHYTHM-HARMONIES OF MATTER AND COLOR (1957) Bookplate Print on sheet that measures approx. 9 3/8" x 10-5/8". Condition: Very Good used condition. Bookplate print has printing on verso. 1962 Full Color Print - Photo-Offset by Drukkerij Smeets in Weert, Holland for Harry N. Abrams publisher. This listing is for the actual print pictured. Because every monitor displays differently, expect that there will be some variance between what you see on the monitor and how the print will look in your hands. The image of the print posted on this listing is as representative of the actual print as I could make it. The print is over 60 years old, in very good condition over all, and is a full color Photo-Offset print. Alfred Reth is highly regarded as a member of the early Cubist movement and also for his innovative textural approach to abstraction. Arriving in Paris from Budapest in 1905 he first studied in various academies where his revolutionary approach soon became evident. His early work was marked by Hindu influences, in particular the concern with a harmonious (and thus sacred) juxtaposition of straight and curved lines which he found to have a correlation of 2:7 in nature. This focus would already bring him close to total abstraction. At the same time he was fully engaged with the Cubist aesthetic, and both aspects of his work could be seen in his contributions to the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Indépendants of 1910, 1911 and 1912.Meeting with critical acclaim he started to exhibit frequently, individually at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris and the famous Gallery Der Sturm in Berlin and also with fellow avant-garde artists Léger, Metzinger, Kandinsky, Le Fauconnier, Delaunay in several international venues. He then volunteered for military service in the first World War, and it seems that with the distress and instability of this period Reth reverted to a more directly representational manner. This decision was echoed in the work of many other avant-garde artists including Léger and Picassso. His work continued to evolve however, and soon he once more looked towards a non-objective pictorial language, and in 1932 he became a member of Abstraction Création. This large association of artists quickly became an influential rallying point for the “abstract contingent” of the European avant-garde, and counted among its members Kandinsky, Mondrian, Herbin, Gabo, Arp. Abstract art, modern art, painting, avant-garde, dadaism, cubism, surrealism, fauvism, de stilj, geometric art. About the Printer:In 1830 Mathaeus Smeets started a printing company in Weert with their first hand press. Five generations of Smeets then brought the company to great prosperity and the printing company became an innovative and internationally operating company. In the 1970s, the company had a workforce of more than 1200 employees.The printing company was sold to VNU in 1968 and was no longer a family business.The company was usually called "Drukkerij Smeets" in Weert, but in the course of its history it had various names such as Emmanuel Smeets, Smeets Offset, Koninklijke Smeets Offset and Roto Smeets Weert.LOC: A9-F
Price: 17.5 USD
Location: Tonawanda, New York
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Features: Full Color
Region of Origin: HOLLAND
Personalize: No
Handmade: No
Item Width: 9-3/8
Title: RHYTHM-HARMONIES OF MATTER AND COLOR (1957)
Production Technique: PHOTO-OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY
Item Height: 10-5/8
Subject: ABSTRACT ART
Size: Small (up to 12in.)
Country/Region of Manufacture: Netherlands
Material: Paper
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
Image Orientation: Portrait
Framing: Unframed
Artist: ALFRED RETH
Year of Production: 1962
Original/Licensed Reprint: Licensed Reprint
Style: Abstract, Art Nouveau, Avant-garde, Bauhaus, Contemporary Art, Cubism, Dadaism, Experimental, Expressionism, Impressionism, Modernism, Surrealism, Vintage
Signed: No
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Theme: ABSTRACT ART, ABSTRACT PAINTING, De Stilj, EXPRESSIONISM, FAUVISM, Geometric Art, MODERN ART, MODERNISM
Type: Print
