1999, ISBN: dc47d599308bbaed0e96457acf6d6c40

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999. First Impression. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 285, indexed… Mehr…

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999. First Impression. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [30cm/12inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 285, indexed. Fully illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... CNN Reviews noted: -- Perhaps there was never a time when the colossal coffee table art books one finds in museum stores had a moderately homogeneous, well-defined audience. But certainly, the advent of the mega art exhibit has exacerbated the problem. Should the authors write for the general public? For devotees of the artist in question? For fellow scholars? How does one craft a book that will both accompany the exhibit and stand on its own once the exhibit is gone? ... "John Singer Sargent," the 285-page book that accompanies the Sargent exhibit currently making the rounds, finds a cautious middle ground. The book is primarily a catalog of Sargent's works, and the 153 annotated reproductions are of excellent quality. That alone gives the book lasting value. But packed in with the pictures are numerous essays: a biography by the artist's great-nephew, Richard Ormond; a discussion of his art (also by Ormond); an essay on Sargent's public murals by Mary Crawford Volk; as well as introductory essays to each section of the reproductions. And it is in the introductory essays that one first begins to recognize the schizophrenia inherent in a work like this. ..." -[Review by Nicholas Ivor Martin, July 13, 1999]., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1999, 2.5<