Hardcover
1976 · New York
by Comini, Alessandra
New York: G. Braziller, 1976. Hardcover. VG-, dj shows minor wear, inside covers have slight foxing. Pages have foxing on top edge of text block.. Illustrated dj; brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. 31 pages, 95 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color). In this book, the "humanitarianism" of the unpeopled land and townscapes is related to an obsession with pathos in the artist's melancholy allegories and existential portraits. A unique feature of this book is the twenty-three page "Schiele Photograph Album" containing fifty photos of Schiele, his family, his family, and his friends. Contents: Introduction -- Notes -- List of plates -- The plates -- A Schiele photograph album.
(Inventory #: 181266)