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Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit.
Christian Schad and the Neue Sachlichkeit.
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, Munich in association with Neue Galerie, New York, 2003. Jill Lloyd and Michael Peppiatt, editors. Hardcover, fine with very good dust jacket that has a few thin scratches and small indentations, and a crimp at bottom corner of inner front panel. Issued in connection with an exhibition at Neue Galerie. 260 pages. Christian Schad (1894-1982) was a leading figure in the Neue Saclichkeit (New Objectivity) movement of the 1920s whose oeuvre featured a wide range of subjects including erotic portraits among other work including photograms he called Schadographs that he made while a member of the Dada group in 1919. This monograph was the most extensive English language publication on Schad at time of publication, with seven informative essays and reproductions of his paintings, drawings, photograms, and art in other media.