With Pencil, Brush and Chisel: The Life of An Artist
by Fuchs, Emil
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Quarto. xvii, 254 (1) pp, tipped-in facsimile letter, tissue protected frontis, foreword, preface, list of b&w illustrations, 24 chapters, index, tipped-in letter with 150 b&w illustrations. First Edition, 1925. "Emil Fuchs (1866-1929) was an Austrian and American sculptor, medallist, painter, and author who worked in Vienna, London and New York. He painted portraits of Queen Victoria and Edward VII and was fashionable among London high society in the early 20th century. Fuchs began going to the United States in 1905, primarily to paint portraits of wealthy socialites. In 1915 during World War I, 'a wave of anti-German sentiment' swept England so, to escape it he moved permanently to New York, producing more works there and offering assistance with the war effort. He became a US citizen in 1924. In anticipation of a death with great suffering from cancer he shot himself at the Hotel des Artistes in New York on 13 January 1929. His will created a foundation which put his art on view as a permanent exhibit, and for this he left $500,000 plus artworks to the public." Light edge wear with age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. Clean and bright; tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Raised cloth crease (4" to %" horizontally from hinge on rear board cover. Olive green cloth with black lettering to front board and spine, and illustrated endpapers..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003160
- Title
- With Pencil, Brush and Chisel: The Life of An Artist
- Author
- Fuchs, Emil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS MEMOIRS FUCHS EMIL (1866-1929)
- Bookseller catalogs
- ART HISTORY;
- Size
- Large Quarto
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