WITKIEWICZ S.I. - On pure form, Zet Library, 1921 first edition, VERY RARE

O CZYSTEJ FORM - Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Zet Library, Nowogrodzka Printing House, Warsaw 1921, first edition, f. 12.5 x 17.5cm, p. 36, VERY RARE

Pure form implied a break with realism and naturalism. A work constructed on the principles of pure form should be characterized by accidental subject matter and rejection of the logical succession of individual scenes, deformation, lack of chronological sequences in the plot, rejection of the laws of psychology, biology and ethics. The theory of pure form met with many critical assessments in the interwar period, and became the subject of numerous polemics. In the theory of Polish aesthetics is one of the most important concepts of the 20th century

apart from some minor soiling of the original booklet cover, the book is in very good condition