Degas Portraits -

University of Washington Press. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Merrell Pub Ltd, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 372 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Contents: Degas as a portraitist ; A chronology for Degas as a portraitist / Jean Sutherland Boggs -- Portraits as pictures : Degas between taking a likeness and making a work of art (tableau) / Emil Maurer -- Between convention and innovation : the portrait in France in the nineteenth century / Pierre Vaisse -- Portraiture between tradition and avantgarde : Proust and Degas / Luzius Keller -- Degas's printed portraits / Barbara Stern Shapiro -- Degas's copies / Emil Maurer -- Degas's early self-portraits / Felix Baumann -- Family portraits ; Friends and acquaintances / Tobia Bezzola -- Facing defacement : Degas's portraits of women / Elisabeth Bronfen -- Au Milieu des Artistes et des Hommes de Lettres / Marianne Karabelnik -- Portraits and genre / Tobia Bezzola -- Portraits : painting and photography / Antoine Terrasse. Accompanies exhibition held at the Kunsthaus, Zurich, 2 December 1994 - 5 March 1995 and at the Kunsthalle, Tübingen, 18 March 1995 - 18 June 1995. 372 pages : illustrations (some… Read More

Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1994. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 372 pages illustrations some in color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Kunsthaus, Zürich, 2 December 1994-5 March 1995 and the Kunsthalle, Tubingen 18 March 1995-18 June 1995..

Merrell Pub Ltd, 1995-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

London: Merrell Holberton, 1994. Cloth. Near fine/Fine. 372 p. 31 cm. Black cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Pages 193-219 bound upside down. Accompanied an exhibition held in Zurich and Tubingen, December 1994 to June 1995.

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London: Merrell Holberton. New. 1994. Hardcover. 1858940141 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened - 372 pages. Text in English. 440 illustrations, 190 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- .