The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse, Volume One 1869-1908
by Spurling, Hilary
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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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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- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75151
- Title
- The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse, Volume One 1869-1908
- Author
- Spurling, Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography & Biography;
- Size
- 8vo
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A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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