This volume is the first full-length examination of the life and art of James Surls, one of America s most important living sculptors and one of the most distinctive creative forces on the international art scene in the last several decades. In a seminal essay, art historian Mark Thistlethwaite discusses Surls s personal history, beginning in East Texas and continuing today in the Colorado meadows. He describes the creation of Surls s visual language of eyes, knives, diamonds, and flowers and the influences that have shaped ...
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This volume is the first full-length examination of the life and art of James Surls, one of America s most important living sculptors and one of the most distinctive creative forces on the international art scene in the last several decades. In a seminal essay, art historian Mark Thistlethwaite discusses Surls s personal history, beginning in East Texas and continuing today in the Colorado meadows. He describes the creation of Surls s visual language of eyes, knives, diamonds, and flowers and the influences that have shaped him as an artist. In addition, the volume contains an interview with the artist, a tribute by his wife, Charmaine Locke, an artist herself, and commentary by Mark A. Roglan, curator of the exhibition "In the Meadows: Recent Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints of James Surls "(January 24-April 20, 2003). Sixty-two black-and-white and ninety-eight color illustrations, including images of early works, are featured in this catalogue, which showcases more than sixty pieces forming the core of the Meadows Museum exhibition."
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F/F. 0870744909. Fine in a fine DJ; Signed by the artist on the front free endpaper, dated 9/22/04. Book accompanied exhibition held at Southern Methodist University. Lovely presentation.; 8vo; 176 p.; Signed by Artist.
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VG. Brown stamped cloth, beige and color illus. dust jacket, 176 pp., color and BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition of artwork created by American modernist sculptor James Surls (b. 1943). With essays by Charmaine Locke, Mark Thistlethwaite, and Mark A. Roglan, as well as an artist interview conducted by P. Gregory Warden. Includes an artist statement and original poems, a chronology and selected bibliography. The illustrated catalogue presents 74 specific pieces. A scarce volume.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Signed by Artist. This is an almost very good hardcover copy with a like dust jacket. Signed in ink, by the artist, James Surls, on the front endpaper, and dated 9/22/04. Not inscribed to anyone just signed and dated. Small moisture stain to the bottom of the spine of the jacket and lower corner of rear jacket panel, and also the other lower corner of the book only. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University from January 24 to April 20, 2003. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 176 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. 4to. Meadows Museum/Southern Methodist University Press, Dallas, TX. 2004. 176 pgs. Illustrated with color plates. Signed by James Surls on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University from January 24 to April 20, 2003. Illustrated in color and black & white. James Surls is one of America's foremost living sculptors and one of the most fascinating creative forces on the international art scene in the last several decades. His works have been shown in both national and international solo and group exhibitions and are included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of Art in New York; the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.; the Milwaukee Art Museum; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; and the Dallas Museum of Art. This volume is the first full-length examination of the art and life of James Surls. In a seminal essay, art historian Mark Thistlethwaite discusses Surls's personal history, beginning in East Texas and continuing in the Colorado meadows. He describes Surls's visual language of eyes, knives, diamonds, and flowers and the influences that have shaped him as an artist. In addition, the volume contains an interview with the artist, a tribute by his wife Charmaine, and commentary by Mark A. Roglan, curator of the exhibition In the Meadows: Recent Sculpture, Drawings, and Prints of James Surls (January 24-April 20, 2003). Sixty-two black and white and ninety-eight color illustrations, including images of early works, are featured in this catalogue, which showcases more than sixty pieces forming the core of the Meadows Museum exhibition. E-146; 11.5 X 9.2 X 0.8 inches.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. Signed by the Artist. 173 pages 84 illustrations most in color. [SIGNED] Signed and dated 2004 with a small sketch of an "eye" by the artist on the front free endpaper. Foreword by P. Gregory Warden. Interview in the studio with the artist by P. Gregory Warden. Curator's Statement by Mark A. Roglán. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX January 24-April 20, 2003. Chronology, Selected Bibliography and Index.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 11.5 x 9.25. Signed by Artist Book and dj have minor wear, inscribed by James Surls on front free end paper, rest of pages unmarked, 176 pages including index, catalog from an exhibition of James Surls works in the Meadows in Dallas Texas, color illustrations.
