Drawings [by] Stephen Wiltshire.

Wiltshire, S. ; Casson, Sir Hugh.

ISBN 10: 0460047515 / ISBN 13: 9780460047517

Edité par J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, first edition, 1987, 1987

A propos de cet article

Cloth, small 4to, Unpaginated , approximately 60 pp, chiefly of illustrations. From the blurb - "In February 1987 the BBC s QED series broadcast a programme called The Foolish Wise Ones which studied the effects of autism, that tragic affliction which leaves its sufferers with a perceived mental age of a child and, to all intents and purposes, cut off from the world. However, as the programme proved brilliantly, autistic people are often able to express themselves in a manner which leaves 'normal' people amazed at their talent Stephen Wiltshire, then eleven years old, was shown producing from memory drawings of London buildings, which moved Sir Hugh Casson to judge him 'a wonderfully natural draughtsman, really spectacularly good . . Stephen s trustees have .granted Dent permission to publish this extraordinary and moving volume which not only contains some of the finest freehand drawings of a brilliant artist, but also produces a powerful argument for re-thinking our policy regarding the 'mentally handicapped . 'His sense of perspective seems to be faultless. I ve never seen in all my competition drawing such a talent, such natural and extraordinary talent that this child seems to have. [Stephen] is possibly the best child artist in Britain.'- Sir Hugh Casson Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Drawings [by] Stephen Wiltshire.
• Éditeur: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, first edition, 1987
• Date de parution: 1987
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0460047515
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780460047517
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Art Reference