Axis 8: A Quarterly Review of Contemporary Abstract Painting & Sculpture

Artists: Paul Nash, Joan Miro, Alexander Calder, Fernand Leger, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Ceri Richards et al.
Authors: Myfanwy Evans (ed.), John Piper, Anthony West, Robert Medley, Herbert Tayler, Kenneth Walsh 
Publisher: Zwemmer 
Date: Winter 1937 
Condition: Some mild tanning to the edges of the cover, but overall this copy is in very good condition for its age. Complete with both the colour print pages of works by Paul Nash and Joan Miro and the pink detachable order form slip for future issues. 

The final issue of Axis, this magazine represents very well so much of the ethos and interests of the modernist circles in Britain in the 1930s. Running from 1935-37, the magazine was always going to cater to a small group and was also quite expensive, costing two shillings and sixpence a copy, so I can't imagine that the print runs or sales were particularly huge.  

This issue includes two articles of particular interest for Modern British scholars; John Piper's 'Prehistory from the Air' and Myfanwy Evans' 'Paul Nash, 1937'

A very rare item - ideally to be read whilst sitting in your Isokon Long Chair!