1935 Background to Chinese Art. First edition.

Porteus, Hugh Gordon – Background to Chinese Art
London: Faber and Faber, 1935. Criterion Miscellany No. 42. 8vo. 67 pp. Original printed mauve wrappers. First edition.

A concise but influential introduction to Chinese artistic traditions by the Australian writer and critic Hugh Gordon Porteus (1906–1995), issued as part of the Criterion Miscellany series. The work surveys the cultural foundations of Chinese art, with chapters on script, calligraphy, painting, chronology, and bibliography. Illustrated with reproductions of Chinese calligraphy throughout the text.