Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1899-1914: Das Buch Zum Museum/The Museum Book, 2011, HC, NF.

Hoffmann, Walter, et al. Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, 2011.

English & German, 4th Revised Edition, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12" x 9 1/2". 244 pp.

ISBN: 398045536X

Light gray pictorial paper over board, featuring wrap around color images of metal artwork, black lettering to front and spine, black pen inscription on 1st page, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. [6] 244 pp., replete with full-color images, Preamble by Chief Burgomaster, Walter Hoffmann, foreword by Ralf Beil, Introduction by Klaus Wolbert, Ina Bahnschulte-Friebe, Site Plan Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt, The Museum Künstlerkolonie, The Institute Mathildenhöhe, History and Ideas of the Artists' Colony Mathildenhöhe, The exhibitions from 1901 to 1914, Catalogue, Artists' Biographies, and Imprint. Includes laid-in ephemera: English Edition vistor booklet on Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt with color images and informative text, a used paper ticket to the museum, and a wax paper bag from the museum shop. From Preamble: "Dormstadt has a world-famous attraction in the form of the unique buildings and landscape of Mathildenhöhe artists' colony, which gives visible expression to the great importance and tradition of Dormstadt as a city of culture, reflecting the European Jugendstil movement and justifying the town's claim to occupy a distinctive position in that movement."