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HANS FRANK'S COPY OF "GERMAN SCULPTURE OF OUR TIME"

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HANS FRANK'S COPY OF  GERMAN SCULPTURE OF OUR TIME
HANS FRANK'S COPY OF "GERMAN SCULPTURE OF OUR TIME"
Hans Frank's person copy of "Deutsche Plastik Unserer Zeit" ("German Sculpture in Our Time"), (Munich: Verlag Otto Sch?nstein), 1942. Hardcover, 120 pp. 4to. Light brown paper boards with silver lettering on front cover and spine. The first marbled page bears Frank's distinctive 4" x 6 7/8" personal bookplate picturing Hephaestus hammering lightning bolts, Frank's name at bottom along with the name of the printer, Ludwig Hohlwich, Munich. The book contains 135 stereographs and a black viewer stereoscope resting inside the front and rear covers. The impressive survey of sculpture in the Third Reich covers a wide range of subjects, including male and female nudes, busts of important figures including Hitler, military figures, animals, etc. which were created for display at official buildings, including the Reichs Chancellery, Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht buildings, the Reichsbank, Ordensburgen of the NSDAP, the Feldherrnhalle,the parade grounds at Nuremberg, the Berlin Olympic Stadium, etc. Many of the photographs were also taken at the House of German Art in Munich, established to counter "degenerate art". Photos also accompany the text within which elaborates on the artists, including Georg Kolbe, Arno Breker, Josef Thorak and Adolf Wamper. Frank himself made efforts to establish state museums in Poland early in the war, and considered himself a patron of the arts. Fine condition. Sold with a damaged period press photo of Frank.