On February 22, 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape Brook by Moonlight was sold at auction for $20,000, a record price for a painting by a living American artist. The sale made him famous, newspapers called him America's greatest artist, and thousands flocked to exhibits of his work. Yet at the time of his triumph Blakelock had spent fifteen years confined in a psychiatric hospital in upstate New York while his wife and children lived in poverty. Released from the asylum under the aegis of a young ...
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On February 22, 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape Brook by Moonlight was sold at auction for $20,000, a record price for a painting by a living American artist. The sale made him famous, newspapers called him America's greatest artist, and thousands flocked to exhibits of his work. Yet at the time of his triumph Blakelock had spent fifteen years confined in a psychiatric hospital in upstate New York while his wife and children lived in poverty. Released from the asylum under the aegis of a young philanthropist, Blakelock was about to become the victim of one of the most heartless con games of the century. This remarkable biography chronicles the life, times, and madness of one of America's most celebrated and exploited painters whose brooding, hallucinogenic landscapes anticipated Abstract Expressionism by more than half a century. Like the best biographies, The Unknown Night brings to life a vanished world, the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century New York -- a city of artists' studios and spiritualists' salons, shantytowns, and millionaires' mansions. Color and black-and-white illustrations are included.
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Good. Good condition. 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.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Grove Press First Paperback Edition, 2003. Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked cover has slight wear to edges, flares up a bit. Binding tight, solid and square. 16-page section of illustrations in full color on glossy paper, mostly his paintings. Internals are in Fine Condition. A biography of one of the most radical and innovative artists in the history of American painting. Vincent unfolds the details of Blacklock's life, setting the record straight on the artist's lower-middle-class upbringing in the tenements of New York. 362 pages. Source Notes. Bibliography. Index. 8vo. 2003, Grove Press.
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Used-Very Good. In 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape was sold at auction for a record price for a painting by a living American artist. Yet at the time of his triumph, Blakelock was confined in a psychiatric hospital. This remarkable biography chronicles the life, times, and madness of one of America's most celebrated--and exploited--painters. Full-color illustrations. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
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Like New. Size: 8vo-over 7"-9ÃÆ'‚Ã'¾" tall; 1st print (full # line), Fine/Fine, new looking tight clean unmarked, NO age toning, boards likewise like new & undamaged, dust jacket NOT price-clipped, in protective brodart cover, gift quality, looks unread.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. 362pp. Illustrated with photographic plates. Binding cocked, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends.