Renault and Art. A Modern Adventure. [first edition]

206 pages with colour and monotone photo plates and illustrations by Georges Poncet & translated into English by Charles Penwarden. Large quarto size with stiff card covers, a few surface small dints on the top cover, probably from lying on something?, some very light corner wear head and tail of spine large ink name inscription inside cover of John J. Gibson who was an art lecturer at the Courtauld Institute in London in the 1980's-90's The contents are near fine. *The meteoric acquisition by the Renault company to buy modern art in the 20th century this book looks at 18 main works and with in depth photos and other peripheral works. John J. Gibson was very interested in Jean Dubuffet, so this and the works by Tinguley, Michaux, Soto, Takis, Vasarely, etc, are represented also.