Perhaps the Robert Mapplethorpe of his day. Egon Schiele, who died at the age of twenty-eight, was one of the most innovative and controversial artists of the Vienna Secession. Schiele wished to shatter the hypocrisy of Viennese society's facade of propriety. He felt that, regardless of their erotic content, his drawings and watercolors were still always works of art. Although he was imprisoned for the immorality of his art, the passage of time and revisions in modernist critical thinking have led to a significant ...
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Perhaps the Robert Mapplethorpe of his day. Egon Schiele, who died at the age of twenty-eight, was one of the most innovative and controversial artists of the Vienna Secession. Schiele wished to shatter the hypocrisy of Viennese society's facade of propriety. He felt that, regardless of their erotic content, his drawings and watercolors were still always works of art. Although he was imprisoned for the immorality of his art, the passage of time and revisions in modernist critical thinking have led to a significant reevaluation of Schiele's artistic achievement. This extraordinary book of Schiele's erotic drawings, watercolors, and gouaches of male and female nudes includes a selection of twenty-eight color and twelve black and white reproductions. Alessandra Comini's provocative essay, Schiele's Nudes: Prudence or Pathos?, attempts to illuminate Schiele's psychic and sexuality and their relationship to his erotically charged work.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. Text by Alessandra Comini. Color and black-and-white illustrations. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Fine condition in fine dust jacket.; Color and B&W Illustrations; 8vo.; no pagination pages.
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Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. Unpaginated, 39 illustrations 27 in color. Slight soiling to the reverse dustjacket covers, otherwise fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Gagosian Gallrey, New York NY 10 March-16 April 1994. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
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Fine. Rizzoli / Gagosian Gallery, 1994 hardcover in dust jacket. No marks or writing to book; no sign of wear or distress. Bright, fresh, and gift-worthy.
