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Collections of Vintage Art Magazines and Art Periodicals
Rare Back Issues of most influential European Art Magazines
Apollo, Il Cigno
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APOLLO - The Magazine of the Arts - Rare Back Issues 1971 - 1987
APOLLO - The Magazine of the Arts - Back Issues
APOLLO - The Magazine of the Arts was founded in 1925 in London and is considered a widely-respected magazine on the fine and decorative arts. The APOLLO monthly periodical, now owned by the Press Holdings company, features a mixture of exhibition reviews, art-world news, profiles of major collectors and collections, and articles by prominent scholars.
Our interesting collection of APOLLO back issues contains ALL copies between the years 1971 and 1987 - a period in the life cycle of APOLLO which is associated with the magazine's legendary editor Denys Sutton.
Sutton was appointed the editor of Apollo in 1962 by the management of the magazine' s former owners, The Financial Times, in an effort to take care of the financial state of the magazine who was known as a scholarly but foundering art-history journal. During his years as editor, Sutton rejuvenated the magazine's reputation as a serious journal for art-historical research and collecting and brought the magazine back to profitability.
As an editor and sometimes the nearly sole contributor to issues of APOLLO, Sutton found a voice for the English-speaking cultural and collecting community. Sutton's editorials are real gems and his decision to publish whole issues devoted to individual museums, art historians and collections broadened the magazine's readership and made the copies from these years an indispensible source for art researches and art collectors.
The copy presented above the March 1987 issue - the last issue of the APOLLO art magazine edited by Denys Sutton with a tribute to Sutton written by Sir Brinsley Ford. The ink and colors painting on the front cover is The Persimmon Tree by the great Japanese painter Hoitsu Sakai.
המגזין האנגלי לאמנות אפולו Apollo בעריכתו של דניס סאטון Denys Sutton הווה בשנות השבעים והשמונים של המאה ה-20, במה רצינית לחוקרים ולהסטוריונים של האמנות. אפולו פנה אל קהל האספנים דוברי האנגלית והציע שילוב מוצלח של חקרנות אינטלקטואלית ועסיסיות טקסטואלית וויזואלית. אין דברים כאלה היום.
Soft cover: Various back issues of the
Apollo Art Magazine
Publisher: Financial Times, London, England
Language: English
Price: Call
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Il Cigno Periodico d'Arte - Italian Art Magazine 1972 - 1975
The Il Cigno art magazine was the leading Italian art periodical in the early 70s. This beautiful and unique art periodical was initiated by the artist Bartolomeo Gatto, a veteran of the Accademia di Brera who founded the renowned art gallery "Il Cigno" in Milano which soon became a meeting point for artists, art historians and contemporary intellectuals. The Il Cigno periodico d'arte quarterly magazine covered major exhibitions and art events which took place in Milano and in Italy and published art news and interviews with Italian and international artists which were involved in the important and vivid art scene of Milan in those days.
The front cover of Il Cigno March 1975 issue with a beautiful painting by the Albanian painter Jbrahim Kodra.
Among the editorial staff and contributors of Il Cigno were many of the best Italian art historians and art writers such as Mario Lepore, Livio Cisaroli, Raffaele De Grada, Giuliano Zasa, Paolo Carloni, Sergio Poletti, Sergio Ronchi, Gaspare Polini, Gianfranco Aiello, Vito Di Dario, Laura Goi and A. de Santis. The editorial photographer was Umberto Zucchi whose amazing reproductions on high quality chromo paper are masterpieces.
Il Cigno Art Magazine - Interview with Samuel (Shmuel) Tepler by Livio Cisaroli
The back cover of the March 1975 issue presents a dramatic orange-red-black
painting of the Israeli painter Samuel Tepler.
Our collection includes all Il Cigno issues
published from October 1971 until August 1975. The primary article in the gennaio-mazo (January-March) 1975 issue,
Appontamento con Tepler (a meeting with Tepler) by the art writer Livio
Cisaroli is dedicated to the paintings of the Jewish-Israeli painter
Samuel Tepler. In the interview part of the
article, Tepler explains why he prefers Italy over France for exhibiting his
latest works and gently expresses his opinion about the young generation of
Italian artists. The back cover of the magazine presents a dramatic
orange-red-black painting of Tepler.
בתחילת שנות ה-70 הפכה איטליה לאחד ממרכזי האמנות הויזואלית החשובים של יבשת אירופה בעיקר לנוכח התאבנותו והתמסחרותו של הציור הצרפתי. המאמץ האיטלקי שלאחר מלחמת העולם, להחזיר את עטרת האמנות האיטלקית ליושנה נשא פירות ודור האמנים שהתבגר לשנות השבעים הוביל את הזרם החדשני ששילב את מסורת הציור והפיסול האיטלקית עם הרוח המודרנית של המחצית השניה של המאה ה-20. מילאנו נשאה את הדגל ומשכה אליה את מיטב הציירים האיטלקיים והאירופאים של אותה תקופה. הירחון לאמנות Il Cigno שימש כבמה ראשית לביטוי של סצנת הציור של היבשת האירופאית. הצייר היהודי-ישראלי שמואל טפלר הרבה להציג בגלריות האיטלקיות והיה אורח כבוד על דפי Il Cigno - קיראו מה טפלר סיפר בראיון ל Livio Cisaroli ב-1975.
Soft cover: Various back issues of the
Il Cigno Art Magazine
Publisher: Il Cigno, Milano, Italy
Language: Italian
Price: Call
If you wish to have more details about these lots of collectible art magazines and art periodicals contact me and I will send you further information including full description of the content of the copy, price and shipping cost. We are currently listing preliminary representative selection of art magazines from our collection of over 30 years. Please check back frequently to see the new items in the list. If you have something particular in mind that you are interested in, you are invited to write to me and describe the copy of your interest and I will check and send you an answer if something which matches your interests appears in my lists. Most of the back issues are in a very good condition.
References:
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