Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality
by Dubuffet, Jean and Glimcher, Mildred
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0896597822
- ISBN 13
- 9780896597822
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Abbeville Press, 1987. Undetermined. fine. 1st Edition. 310pp. Quarto. Black cloth boards with white decoration on front and white lettering on spine. Tan textured endpapers. B&W and colour photos and illustrations throughout. A very clean, bright copy. fine An extensive volume on Dubuffet's many works, both painting and sculpture. He is best known for his avant-garde, childlike style that railed against traditional standards of beauty and eschewed aesthetic norms, employing gritty textures and dark colours that affronted critics. A scarce book, and with several pieces of the artist's writings in addition to full colour pages dedicated to his art this is a must have for art book collectors! 1987
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134116
- Title
- Jean Dubuffet: Towards an Alternative Reality
- Author
- Dubuffet, Jean and Glimcher, Mildred
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0896597822
- ISBN 13
- 9780896597822
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Contemporary Art|Jean Dubuffet|Post-War Art
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