Beauty and Utility Redux

PEVSNER, Nikolaus.  VISUAL PLEASURES FROM EVERYDAY THINGS.

 

London: Council for Visual Education, 1946. 8vo. Wrappers. 20 pages. First edition.

An essay which examines aesthetic qualities of design for utilitarian objects, with a foreword by Herbert Read.  A very uncommon item, published just after World War II, illustrated with nine photographs.  Very good.

$135.00