Abstract Film and Beyond

First Edition, 1977. 160 pages.

Book measures 5.75 x 8.75 inches. A thorough text by Le Grice, who was also a filmmaker. Includes discussion on Futurist Cinema, early abstract experiments by Eggeling, Duchamp, and others in Germany and France of the 1920s, activity on the West Coast of America through the 1940s, and finally of the development of the experimental film movement after the war including artists such as Stan Brakhage, Michael Snow, Peter Gidal, and Paul Sharits. Includes reproductions of b&w film stills throughout. Scarce in this MIT Press edition.

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Binding is tight. A very sharp copy.