EIDOS : A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design. No. 1 May–June 1950

Title: Eidos: A Journal of Painting, Sculpture and Design
Publisher: Newman Wolsey Limited
Publication Date: 1950 (Volume I only. First Edition)
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition

Only three editions of Eidos were published, all appearing in 1950: Number 1 May-Jun, Number 2 Sept-Oct, Number 3 Nov-Dec (a later facsimile edition was also published in 1976). Original card wrappers designed by Ithell Colquhoun. Colquhoun’s design was based on the φ spiral, chosen for its symbolism of the eternally recurrent rhythm of life and its relation to the Fibonacci sequence which underlies the Golden Section. The original drawings for the design are now in the Tate collection.

Published bimonthly in London, Eidos according to its editors "takes the whole world of painting, sculpture and design, ancient and modern, eastern and western, for its province and would seek in principle to serve them all." Issue one includes articles on art in the Stone Age, realism and abstraction in modern art (illustrating Henry Moore's Claydon Madonna and Child 1948-1949, and Stringed Figure, 1938).