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EGON SCHIELE; Drawings and Watercolors / Jane Kallir / Edited by Ivan Vartanian / With over 300 color illustrations
by Kallir, Jane
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500511160
- ISBN 13
- 9780500511169
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. First British Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Egon Schiele. Tall 8vo, glossy pictorial cloth with semi-nude woman by Egon Schiele, image repeated on dust jacket (unclipped) now protected by archival polyester sleeve, profusely illustrated with >300 color reproductions of Schiele's artwork (as well as some by his peers), pictorial endpapers with Schiele' landscape, 493 pages + [1] Colophon. Weight: 2 lbs. 15 oz. Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative and Expressionist painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, grotesque qualities, nudes and its frequent raw sexuality. <br/><br/>SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy without annotations. Barely detectible edgewear to dj (unclipped). Previous ownership stamp on blank page facing the title page. No remainder marks.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6604
- Title
- EGON SCHIELE; Drawings and Watercolors / Jane Kallir / Edited by Ivan Vartanian / With over 300 color illustrations
- Author
- Kallir, Jane
- Illustrator
- Egon Schiele
- Format/Binding
- Glossy pictorial boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0500511160
- ISBN 13
- 9780500511169
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Austria, Vienna, grotesque, illustrated, paintings, sketches, watercolors, nudes, sex, decadence, turn of the century, Secession, Klimt, $53 list
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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