Pure Colour : Goethe's Theory of Colour Applied : Schindler & Merry 1946

Pure Colour

1. Goethe's theory of colour applied 
2. Painting and imagination 
3. Extracts from Goethe's scientific work.

By Maria Schindler and Eleanor C. Merry

Published by New Culture Publications, London, 1946. FIrst Edition. Hardback book in original dust jacket. 8vo. Illustrated in colour.  Three parts in one volume. 117 pp. text and 22 colour plates; 66 pp. text and 6 plates of which 3 are in colour; 87 pp. text.

A surprisingly rare work notably produced by two women who had been students of Steiner just after the War. Part one studies the power of colour using Goethe's colour theory. Part two discusses the intellectual and emotional approaches to colour painting and part three consists of three extracts from Goethe's book in English.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The dust jacket is in good complete condition but with a few old repairs to the inside of the jacket. All contents present and pages in good clean condition throughout. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title.

(BS4/TOP)