The Art of Kahlil Gibran at Telfair Museums by Telfair Museum of Art; Bushrui, Suheil; Sammons, Tania June; Gibran, Kahlil; High, Steven [Introduction] - 2010

Savannah: Telfair Books, 2010. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 9 1/4". 128pp. Mild wear to pictorial over boards with light rubbing to covers and bump to corners with cardboard visible at one corner. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. Features Kahlil Gibran's artwork from throughout his career, as well as photographs of Gibran and his New York Studio. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-born artist and writer, was best known for authoring The Prophet, a collection of short philosophical essays that became one of the top selling books of the twentieth century. In 1895, Gibran, age twelve, immigrated to Boston with his family. Through a series of important connections stemming from the recognition of his creative talents at a local settlement house, the aspiring artist met Mary Haskell, the headmaster of a Boston girls' school. Despite a ten year separation in age, the two formed an important lifelong relationship that culminated in Haskell's… Read More

Telfair Museum of Art, 2010-11-15. 1ST. Hardcover. Used:Good.