"Contempo: This American Tempo" 1929 VASSOS, Ruth [text by] Shoes

"Contempo: This American Tempo" 1929 VASSOS, Ruth [text by] ShoesFrom Subways To Psychology VASSOS, Ruth [text by] Vassos, John [creations illustrated by] E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1929 12 1 4" x 9 1 4" Illustrated with twenty three stunning works by John Vassos, an artist who played a major role in promoting the Art Deco style in advertising art and book illustration. In Contempo: This American Tempo, Vassos portrays the dehumanizing effects of the machine age.

was a hobo and wanderer before he was a taxi driver

the book covers of broad range of topics

Sz: 24"H x 13

and occasional jokes recalled with affection

8 1/4" x 11 3/4"

seeming to make a statement every time she dressed

Text in German

Neil can tell no one about his ordeal

Aiken was inspired to create an atmosphere of important events having already transpired offstage (which was helped by the fact that a great deal of the beginning had to be left out due to length)

From the Renaissance Tudor period to the Edwardian era

not only with beauty but with truth

Stein nonchalantly recalls anecdotes she deems relevant to the topic at hand