"Mona Lisa's Mustache A Dissection Of Modern Art" 1947 ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS, T.H.

"Mona Lisa's Mustache A Dissection Of Modern Art" 1947 ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS, T.H.ROBSJOHN GIBBINGS, T. H. (1903 1976) was a British born architect and furniture designer. [265] pp. Alfred A. Knopf 1947 First Edition 8 5 8" x 5 7 8" Jacket drawing by Mary Petty VG VG In Good bye, Mr. Chippendale, Robsjohn Gibbings skewered the antiques craze and praised modern design. It follows that he would prefer conceptual modern art to traditional. He does not at least in this book, which is consistently more humorous and fun than it is

ROBSJOHN-GIBBINGS, T.H. (1903-1976) was a British-born architect and furniture designer.

[265] pp.

Alfred A. Knopf

1947

First Edition

8 5/8" x 5 7/8"

Jacket drawing by Mary Petty

VG/ VG

In Good-bye, Mr. Chippendale, Robsjohn-Gibbings skewered the antiques craze and praised modern design. It follows that he would prefer conceptual modern art to traditional. He does not … at least in this book, which is consistently more humorous and fun than it is lacerating. In it, he accuses Dali, Kandinsky, et al. to be engaged in a vast conspiracy against no less a principle than democracy itself. In a twist worthy of The Da Vinci Code, Robsjohn-Gibbings seeks to expose a clandestine society whose mission is to make art incomprehensible by replacing it with primitive art and sorcery.

“Schiaparelli designed a hat like a leg of mutton, and one like an old shoe. Mrs. Reginald Fellowes wore both, but—with superb restraint—separately.”

--T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings