This is a brilliant monograph devoted to the early modern sculptor whose bronze figures are collected in major museums as important precursor to modern sculpture movements. Maillol's massive female figures were characterized by massive volume and simplicity of form, a radical departure from 19th century Academic style, that abolished movement and recovered the simplicity of line and volume. This account opens with the artist's promising beginnings as a painter in the late 1890s, and follows Maillol's development as a ...
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This is a brilliant monograph devoted to the early modern sculptor whose bronze figures are collected in major museums as important precursor to modern sculpture movements. Maillol's massive female figures were characterized by massive volume and simplicity of form, a radical departure from 19th century Academic style, that abolished movement and recovered the simplicity of line and volume. This account opens with the artist's promising beginnings as a painter in the late 1890s, and follows Maillol's development as a sculptor through his masterpieces. Here are his first small but refined wooden bas-reliefs and the first small-scale bronzes of the years 1900-1905 that lead up to the large-scale monuments which gave him success and notoriety among both his contemporaries and modern descendants.
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Good. Good condition. Paperback edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Publisher:
Gerald Peters Gallery, In Association With Thomas Gibson Fine Art
Published:
1998
Alibris ID:
17969874307
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Fine. 0935037764. Softcover in cream-colored wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Elegant catalogue published to accompany a 1998-1999 exhibit at the French sculptor's work at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe and Dallas. Essay by Patrick Elliott. Full-page color plates throughout. Small 4to. Unpaginated.
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Very Good. Large catalog, includes 5 black/white and 28 color photos of artist's nude women, he is known to have transformed the female into a compact, abstract composite through his sculpture. Stapled Binding. Art Catalog.
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Very Good+ 62 plates plus text illustrations. With an essay by John Rewald. Published on the occasion of the exhibition, March 18-April 18, 1970.; Tight binding, clean pages. A touch of light handling wear to to slightly tanned wraps, otherwise better than Very Good. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. An excellent copy.; 8vo; 44 pages.
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As New. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION--16 pp. With 7 ills. 30 x 25 cm. --with a bonus offer--
