The Psychologist Looks at Art (INSCRIBED)
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author "To C. Frank Fox from Louis Danz 1938" on dedication page. Octavo; 246pp; illustrated endpages. A Near Fine copy in dust jacket (spine sunned) and stained slipcase. Uncommon mid-20th-century art/psychology title. Item #23078
Louis Danz (1886–1950s), was an American amateur art connoisseur, writer, and psychological thinker based in California. In this work, Danz examines art from a psychological viewpoint, discussing how viewers and creators engage with visual forms, emotions, and meaning. The book includes a foreword by designer Merle Armitage. Fox was was a skilled bookbinder active in the L.A. area during the mid-20th century. He specialized in fine bindings for limited-edition and fine-press books, often working with prominent local printers and designers of the California fine printing movement, such as Ward Ritchie and Lynton Kistler.
Price: $250.00