Phobia: An Art Deco Graphic Masterpiece
By John Vassos and David A. Beronä
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Vassos's creations exercised a profound influence on subsequent artists. His use of the hard-edged draughtsman's line, a technique that endows these images with their distinctive Art Deco character, is among his original contributions to the style. This edition features faithful reproductions of illustrations made from the original gouaches employing advanced printing techniques unknown in the 1920s and '30s. The result, superior in quality to the original publication, offers an outstanding opportunity to appreciate an innovative artist's classic work.
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Phobia - John Vassos
ORIGINAL FRONTISPIECE
Man emerges from an artificial womb
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Copyright
Introduction copyright @ 2009 by David A. Beronä
All rights reserved.
Bibliographical Note
Phobia: An Art Deco Graphic Masterpiece, first published in 2009 by Dover Publications, Inc., is an unabridged republication of the text of the work as originally published by Covici, Friede, Publishers, New York, in 1931. In order to provide the highest quality reproductions, the plates are taken from the 1976 Dover volume Contempo, Phobia and other Graphic Interpretations, for which they were made directly from the artist’s original paintings, under his personal supervision. This edition also contains a new Introduction by David A. Beronä.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vassos, John, 1898-1985.
[Contempo, Phobia and other graphic interpretations]
Phobia : an art deco graphic masterpiece / John Vassos; with an introduction by David A. Beronä.—Dover ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Contempo, phobia and other graphic interpretations. New York: Dover Publications, 1976.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9780486137940
1. Vassos, John, 1898-1985. I. Title. II. Title: Art deco graphic masterpiece.
NC975.5.V37A43 2009
759.13—dc22
2009005729
Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation
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DEDICATED TO THE BRILLIANT POLYMORPHIC MEMORY OF
HARRY STACK SULLIVAN
John Vassos, 1973. Photo by Douglas Fedor.
INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION
DAVID A. BERONÄ
Prior to the Internet, whenever I entered a used bookstore, I would first locate the area where illustrated books were shelved. With my interest in wordless books, it was an exciting moment–though admittedly a rare occasion–when I found a work by Frans Masereel or Lynd Ward in those dusty and dimly lit stores. On some