The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redoute. by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph - 2002

Greenwich, Connecticut: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2002. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound in heavy pictorial card covers. 112 pages. General Bibliography. Illustrated with nearly 60 magnificent full page color plates (one being a large double page fold-out) and other illustrations. First edition. Published in conjunction with the eponymous named exhibition held at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Very good+ or better. .

London : Frances Lincoln in association with Bruce Museum of Arts & Science and Kimbell Art Museum, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 112 pages; Physical description: viii,112p. : ill. (chiefly col., 1 folded),ports. ; 31cm. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn., July 10 - Nov 3, 2002, and the Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., November 17, 2002 - March 2, 2003. Summary: Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) is the best known botanical artist of any era. Described as both the ""Rembrandt"" and the ""Raphael"" of flowers by 19th-century writers, Redoute brought the tradition of botanical painting to its apogee. Born in the Belgian Ardennes, he studied the work of earlier Flemish and Dutch floral artists, and when in Paris studied botany. He… Read More