One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. Although he is best known as a painter, etching is integral to his practice. This volume accompanies a major Museum of Modern Art exhibition that will present the full scope of Freud's etchings, including some 75 works--from the rare early experiments of the 1940s to the increasingly complex compositions he has created since rediscovering the medium in the early 1980s. ...
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One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. Although he is best known as a painter, etching is integral to his practice. This volume accompanies a major Museum of Modern Art exhibition that will present the full scope of Freud's etchings, including some 75 works--from the rare early experiments of the 1940s to the increasingly complex compositions he has created since rediscovering the medium in the early 1980s. Written by exhibition curator Starr Figura, it also includes a selection of paintings and drawings that illuminate the crucial, cross-pollinating relationship between Freud's etchings and his works on canvas. Freud is not a traditional printmaker: Treating the etching plate like a canvas, he stands the copper upright on an easel. He also typically depicts the same sitters in etchings as in paintings, demarcating their forms through meticulous networks of finely etched lines. Freud's etchings may either precede or follow the execution of paintings, and they are sometimes as large as, or larger than, their related canvases. But with their figures dramatically cropped or isolated against empty backgrounds, they achieve a startling new sense of psychological tension and formal abstraction.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Published by MoMA, 2007. Quarto. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver with gray endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners, binding tight and pages crisp. Very slight spine lean. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. 144 pages. ISBN: 9780870707063. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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VG-(Ex-art library, with label on back of dj and lable mark on heel of spine; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; light wear to top edge of dj; otherwise clean. ) Dark blue stamped cloth, light blue and illus. dust jacket, 144 pp., 126 color illus. and 2 BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2007-2008 exhibition of artwork by German-born British painter Lucian Freud (1922-2011). With an essay by Starr Figura. The illustrated catalogue presents 101 specific pieces. Includes selected bibliography.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 11.9 x 9 x 0.7. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007. 144 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Light general wear. Size: 11.9 x 9 x 0.7. Art: Painting by Artist 6141L.
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Used-Very Good. One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. Although he is best known as a painter, etching is integral to his practice. This volume accompanies a major Museum of Modern Art exhibition that will present the full scope of Freud's etchings, including some 75 works--from the rare early experiments of the 1940s to the increasingly complex compositions he has created since rediscovering the medium in the early 1980s. Written by exhibition curator Starr Figura, it also includes a selection of paintings and drawings that illuminate the crucial, cross-pollinating relationship between Freud's etchings and his works on canvas. Freud is not a traditional printmaker: Treating the etching plate like a canvas, he stands the copper upright on an easel. He also typically depicts the same sitters in etchings as in paintings, demarcating their forms through meticulous networks of finely etched lines. Freud's etchings may either precede or follow the execution of paintings, and they are sometimes as large as, or larger than, their related canvases. But with their figures dramatically cropped or isolated against empty backgrounds, they achieve a startling new sense of psychological tension and formal abstraction. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector...