Whistler & Montesquiou The Butterfly and the Bat
Author(s) | Edgar Munhall | ||
Editor | Flammarion | Place | Parigi |
Year | 1996 | Pages | 176 |
Measure | 22x29 (cm) | Illustration | ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colour and b/w ills |
Binding | cart. edit. ill. colori - harcover | Conservazione | Usato buone condizioni- Used Good |
Language | Inglese - English Text | Weight | 1400 (gr) |
ISBN | 2080135775 | EAN-13 | 9782080135773 |
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The artist James Abbot McNeill Whistler's portrait of the poet and dandy Robert de Montesquiou held a nine year friendship, from their initial meeting in 1885 to the first public exhibition of Whistler's portrait of Montesquiou in 1894. This portrait, Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou is a masterpiece of Whistler's unique symbolist-inspired style. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unpublished archival material and correspondence (accompanied by a dazzling array of paintings, drawings, and engravings) Edgar Munhall uses this remarkable work as a starting point for exploring the development of Whistler's art, and in the process paints a delightful and fascinating portrait of the extraordinarily creative and sometimes bizarre avant-garde world of fin-de-siecle Paris and London. Usato Buone condizioni.
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