Desir et Peinture
Hardcover
2011 · Paris
by Lacas, Martine
Paris: Seuil, 2011. Hardcover. VG+, mild bumps to spine ends and corners. Deep turquoise boards, color illustrated wraps. 216 pp. 72 large and lovely color plates. Text in French. From the back of jacket: "Whether pleasant, edifying, touching, disturbing or disquieting, whether secular or religious, seventy-two works painted between the 16th and 19th century are observed closely here in an attempt to discover how and why the paintings clearly maintain a strong link with desire, and how and why desire becomes a subject or a structure in painting. (Inventory #: 130247)