Beschreibung
The first edition of this impressive and unique catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition, 'Blood on Paper'. The first edition of this work.A unique work produced by the Victoria and Albert Museum to celebrate their 2008 exhibition 'Book on Paper'.This exhibition explored the place of the book in the work of contemporary and modern artists, as well as some active during the recent past, and looks at how major artists, who are renowned for their work in other media, consider the matter of books.Published by the Ivory Press, this is a groundbreaking catalogue of the exhibition, comprising of forty-one unbound booklets, thirty-nine of which are each devoted to an artist, presented in a cloth box, and a protective muslin wrap. The first two booklets offer introductions.This volume and exhibition looks at the work of Bacon, Balthus, Baselitz, Beuys, Bourgeois, Buren, Bustamante, Cai Guo Qiang, Caro, Chillida, Clemente, Dubuffet, Francis, Giacometti, Hirst, Iliazd, Kapoor, Kiefer, Koons, Lecuire, Lewitt, Lichtenstein, Long, Matisse, McCarthy, Miro, Miro & Tapies, Motherwell, Noguchi, Parr, Phillips, Picasso, Rauschenberg, Rego, Roth, Ruscha, Tapies, Tuttle, and Vital.Each booklet is illustrated, mostly in colour, with a brief description of the artist and their work.Collated, complete.Box is in a very good condition.From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England. In the original publisher's cloth box. Externally, box generally smart, with light marks to the box, as is usual with white cloth. Internally, unbound as issued. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 911P51
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