Karl Gerstner, The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements, 1986, VG+ HC w/DJ

 Gerstner, Karl. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.

English, Very Good+, HC, 8vo, 9 3/4" x 7 3/8", 180 pp. 

ISBN: 0262071002

Hardcover in black cloth. Minor temperature waffling (not water damage) and name to the half title page in pen. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, minor closed tear to head, light shelf wear, now in Mylar. 180 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color drawings, sketches, visual references, and more related to color theory. From inside the dust jacket: "In The Forms of Color Swiss artist Karl Gerstner continue his investigation of the interation of color and form presented in his earlier book, The Spirit of Colors (MIT Press 1981), In this new, richly illustrated book he draws on artistic, literary, and scientific sources, as well as on his own studio work, to explore the basic visual elements of color and form." Overall, a tightly bound and attractive copy.