WITKIEWICZ Stanislaw Ignacy, (1st ed.). T-e-a-t-r. Introduction to the Theory of Pure Form in the Theater about the work of the director and actors. Documents to the history of the struggle for pure form in the theater.

T-e-a-t-r. Introduction to the theory of Pure Form in the theater about the work of the director and actors. Documents to the history of the struggle for pure form in the theater.

Appendix: On our Futurism. (1st ed.). Kraków 1923. krakowska Spółka Wydawn. 8, pp. VIII, 278, wraps broch. oryg.
Witkiewicz's views on art expressed in sketches: New Forms in Painting and the Misunderstandings That Result (1919), Aesthetic Sketches (1922), Theater. Introduction to the Theory of Pure Form in Theater (1923). Using the grotesque, parody and so-called black humor, he portrayed decadent tendencies and civilizational threats to the world in a catastrophic light. Considered one of the forerunners of the theater of the absurd in Europe. Book block cracked, front cover loose. Good condition.