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THE STUDIO FOUNDED IN 1893 VOL. 98 NO. 439 OCTOBER 1929 2/- net THE MIRROR OF ACHIEVEMENT
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“THE STUDIO” VOL. 98 OCTOBER 1929 No. 439 EDITED BY GEOFFREY HOLME CONTENTS Title --- Author --- Page --- The Future of American Art --- by Wyndham Lewis --- Some Aspects of Present-day German Architecture --- by J. Hermann Schröder --- Canaletto --- by Osbert Sitwell --- Four Etchings by C. R. W. Nevinson --- Machine—Hand --- by Peter Mueller-Munk --- Alexander Brook—Painter --- by Alexander Brook --- Modern Italian Ceramics --- The Influence of the Air --- by C. G. Holme --- The Lay-out for “Bulldog Drummond” --- Photographs by Paul Strand --- by Harold Clurman --- Current Events in the Art World: London, Paris, Berlin, Munich, America, Vienna, Tokyo --- Colour Prints of the Impressionist School --- Reviews --- An Auction Causerie --- by A. C. R. Carter --- SUPPLEMENTS - “Nylghai Doe” ………… by Elsie Henderson Frontispiece - “The Procession of the Order of the Bath” by Canaletto … 701 - “The Midday Meal” ………… by Alexander Brook 713 - Two Ceramic Figures from the Lenci Factory ………………… 723 - “Study of a Bridge in a Storm” … by Hans Hubert Leufgen 743 - “The Avenue” ………………… by Alfred Sisley 757 PUBLISHED BY THE STUDIO Ltd., 44 Leicester Sq., London, W.C.2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES HOME 2s. per copy. 28s. per annum, post free. Bound vol. 15s. OVERSEAS British Dominions, India, Countries in Postal Union, 30s. post free. Canada, 26s. post free. Germany (F. A. Brockhaus, 16 Querstr., Leipzig), Mks. 26 post free. France (Librairie D’Art Louis Reynaud, 18 Rue de la Bucherie, Paris 5), Frs. 170 post free. Italy (Galleria Pesaro, Via Manzoni 12a, Milan), L. 168 post free. U.S.A. (Published by A. & C. Boni Inc., 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, under the title “Creative Art,”) $7.50 post free. --- PHOTOGRAPHS, ORIGINALS AND ARTICLES are sent at owner’s risk. All should bear full names and addresses, and should be accompanied by return postage. All articles and notes must be typewritten. PERSONAL ENQUIRIES should be accompanied by a stamped and addressed envelope. CONTRIBUTORS are urged to submit photographs, in the first instance, rather than originals. SELECTION is made on merit alone. No fees are accepted for the inclusion of work. THE EDITOR CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY APPOINTMENT Telephone: Gerrard 3267-8 Telegrams: Rhombic ADVERTISMENT DEPARTMENT of The Studio Ltd., 44 Leicester Square, W.C.2 ADVERTISEMENT RATES for un-displayed advertisements—7s. 6d. for 32 words, 1s. for each eight or less beyond. Copy by 1st of month prior to publication. Displayed advertisement rates on application. REPLIES to Box Numbers 1s. extra. NO RESPONSIBILITY accepted for loss of or damage to designs, etc., sent in response to advertisements. --- CONTENTS OF NEXT ISSUE THE TROTZKAYA-LAVRA: A museum of Imperial Russia. By Paul Ettinger. MATTHEW SMITH: An account of the retrospective exhibition of this present-day English artist. AMERICAN LITHOGRAPHY: By Walter Gutman. ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE AS I SEE IT: By Bruno Taut. The personal reactions of a famous architect whose book on Modern Architecture is now published. NEW ENGLISH INTERIOR DECORATION: The work of Curtis Moffat. By Viola Tree. PRINTED PAPERS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY: By Miss Dane. SCULPTURE BY GEORG KOLBE. “NEW LAMPS FOR OLD”: A survey of recent advertising art. ENGRAVED GLASS BY RICHARD SUSSMUTH.
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