1. Face to Face with the Avant-Garde

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Foreword 7
4. Introduction 9
5. 1. Face to Face with the Avant-Garde 15
6. 2. Kiesler’s Berlin (1921–1926), Theater and the November Group 53
7. 3. Frederick Kiesler, Berthold Viertel and Karl Kraus Between Vienna, Berlin and New York 67
8. 4. The Kieslers and the Tietzes 83
9. 5. Frederick Kiesler, the Bauhaus and the Bauhaus-Stage 97
10. 6. Frederick Kiesler and the Futurists 115
11. 7. Parallel Avant-Gardes in Vienna 135
12. 8. Frederick Kiesler and Theo van Doesburg 151
13. 9. Frederick Kiesler and Piet Mondrian 165
14. 10. Frederick Kiesler and Hans Richter 177
15. 11. George Antheil, Kiesler’s first American Friend 193
16. 12. Frederick Kiesler and the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen 207
17. 13. The Friendship Between Hans Arp and Frederick Kiesler 219
18. 14. Frederick Kiesler and Sigfried Giedion 237
19. 15. Frederick Kiesler and Marcel Duchamp 249
20. 16. Arshile Gorky and Frederick Kiesler 265
21. 17. Frederick Kiesler and Sidney Janis 281
22. 18. Frederick Kiesler and Hans Hofmann 287
23. 19. A Personal Memory 299
24. 20. Frederick Kiesler and Piero Dorazio 315
25. 21. Kiesler facing Jerusalem 329
26. Index 346
27. Authors’ Biographies 356
28. Credits 359
29. Imprint 360