Franz Gertsch: Works from the Hess Collection
by Hess, Donald M.; Gramaccini, Norberto
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hess Art Collection, 1999. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Introduction by Norberto Gramaccini and foreward by Donald M. Hess. Near fine copy with uncreased spine. Slight yellowing to edges but otherwise clean and bright without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. 88 pp. Full-page colour plates including 2 folding. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Franz Gertsch (1930-) is one of the most significant contemporary artists in Switzerland. From the time of his international breakthrough at the documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 until the present day, he has created a wide range of paintings and graphic works which attempt a very special approach to reality. For Franz Gertsch, reality means both a pictorial and a conceptual challenge. Although he uses photos or slide projections as his points of departure, the paintings follow a logic all of their own, which aims for a rightness among all the elements. Woodcuts assume a special position in the works of Franz Gertsch. In a heretofore virtually unknown precision of execution and in monumental formats reaching the limits of the possible in the production of the paper alone, Gertsch has opened up new dimensions in this traditional medium.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004835
- Title
- Franz Gertsch: Works from the Hess Collection
- Author
- Hess, Donald M.; Gramaccini, Norberto
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Hess Art Collection
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Art; The Arts; Modern Art; Swiss Artist; Art Monograph
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