William Nicholson: The Graphic Work by Campbell, Colin - 1992

Barrie & Jenkins, London, first edition, 1992. Cloth, 4to, 28 cm,. 256 pp, plates, ills. From the blurb: "William Nicholson (1872-1949) achieved fame as a printmaker long before he became widely known as a painter. The bold woodcuts in his Alphabet (1898) brought him success with public and critics while he was still a young man, and this series was quickly followed by the equally popular Almanac of Twelve Sports, London Types and Square Book of Animals. But it was the artist's penetrating images of Queen Victoria, Sarah Bernhardt, Rudyard Kipling and others that formed the cornerstone of his reputation: published collectively in Twelve Portraits ( 1899), these cuts led to the award of a gold medal in Paris and a trip to the USA to portray such celebrities as Mark Twain and Theodore Roosevelt. This book, the only study of the subject, covers both Nicholson's importance for the late-nineteenth- century revival of the woodcut and the less well-known but more varied graphic work that… Read More

46 colour and 210 black and white illustrations

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1992.. 4to. 256 pp. Hard Covers. Very Good+. Brown cloth covered boards. Dust Jacket Very Good+. Color and B&W plates throughout.ISBN: 071262189X 9780712621892.From the library of Pasquale Iannetti, indicated by library stamp.

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Barrie & Jenkins, 23/04/1992 00:00:01. hardcover. Like New. 2.4981 cent in x 27.8788 cent in x 22.8826 cent in.

London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Includes an autograph letter signed by the author, loosely inserted. Attached to the letter is a reproduction of the frontispiece of ""Our Lady of the Beeches."" Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Minor sun-toning to spine of dw. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Subjects: Nicholson, William 1872-1949 - Criticism and interpretation.