Cover illustration: W. Strzemiński, Afterimage of Light. Woman at the Window, ca. 1948. Oil on canvas, 73 × 61 cm.
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Portions of Chapter 3 are derived from Esther Levinger, “Władysław Strzemiński and the Move from Idealism,” Art History (Feb. 2001), available online: ISSN 0141-6790; Portions of Chapter 4 appeared in a different form in Esther Levinger, “Czech Avant-Garde Art: Poetry for the Five Senses,” The Art Bulletin (Sept. 1999), available online:
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