Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Early Years, 1869-1908
by Spurling, Hilary
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- Hardcover
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- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679434283
- ISBN 13
- 9780679434283
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Synopsis
'Hilary Spurling's THE UNKNOWN MATISSE is a truly wonderful biography. Her prose is muscular, rhythmical, carrying a lot of information, yet swift, enthralling. She has done for Matisse what George Painter famously did for Proust in the 1950s. Besides being a first-rate scholar, she is an artist in narrative who has unearthed a fascinating story and told it brilliantly. I rate this first volume with the first volume of Richard Holmes's COLERIDGE . Both books mark a climax in what has been called a golden age of modern biography which began with Richard Ellman's JAMES JOYCE. It is a terrific achievement." Michael Holroyd
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- Maya Jones Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 290659
- Title
- Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Early Years, 1869-1908
- Author
- Spurling, Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679434283
- ISBN 13
- 9780679434283
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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