BIRNBAUM, Martin. Introductions. Painters Sculptors and Graphic Artists. New York: Frederic Fairchild Sherman. 1919.
8vo. Original green cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering in panel to upper baord, gilt lettering piece spine; pp. 137, [1], 30 plates; very good.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. Title page inscribed by the author with a doodle of a violin player.
This is a survey of the lives and works of fourteen noted designers including Aubrey Beardsley, Leon Bakst, Edmund Dulac and Kay Nielsen. Martin Birnbaum was not only an art critic and dealer, he was also a highly skilled amateur violinist, hence his doodle.
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