1934 Czechoslovak Werkbund Anthology. The Apartment.

Byt. Sborník Svazu československého díla. [The Apartment. A Czechoslovak Werkbund Anthology]. Prague: Václav Petr, 1934. 4to. 72 pp. + 13 pp. of advertisements. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs of modernist interiors, furniture, tableware, and design objects. Original printed wrappers and typo designed by Ladislav Sutnar. Good, solid condition with wear to corners, light spotting to upper border of front cover and spine. A landmark publication of the Czechoslovak Werkbund (Svaz československého díla), edited and designed by Ladislav Sutnar. This anthology presents designs for the modern apartment, covering seating, tables, beds, storage, lighting, textiles, and overall arrangement. With contributions by leading Czech architects and Werkbund members, including Karel Honzík, Antonín Heythum, František Zelenka, Ladislav Žák, Antonín Kybal, Miloslav Prokop, Hana Kučerová-Záveská, and Josef Grus, the volume reflects the most advanced functionalist thinking in interwar Czechoslovakia. An important document of Czech modernism, and one of the key Werkbund-related publications of the 1930s. Inv.vitrine