john piper 1930s abstraction beach de john piper david fraser jenkins (3 résultats)

Exhibition catalogue. First paperback edition 2003. 192 pages. Illustrated in colour throughout. Paperback. Fine. John Piper was one of the leading modernist artists of the twentieth century whose work was not only at the forefront of artistic developments but also appealed very directly to a wide public. Marking the centenary of Piper's birth in 1903, this book dramatically uncovers the various shifts in his early career while working largely on the south coast of England, from a lyrical painterly style and lively use of collage, inspired by Picasso and Braque, into pure abstraction, in keeping with international modernism. The second half of the 1930s saw the order and harmony of Piper's work unsettled by the onset of war, and with it a return to representation in an attempt to find a contemporary idiom with which to express his romantic love of the past. The tension between abstraction and realism in Piper's work of the period is engagingly told and stunningly illustrated, in this, the first in-depth exploration of the artist's formative years. We are specialists in Artists Monographs, Catalogues and Illustrated items. All items are as described and dispatched within 24 hours in a secure package. We are professional booksellers with over 38 years experience, you may order with confidence. Other titles by this artist maybe in stock, please ask for our list or link.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), published to accompany an exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery. 4to. 192pp. Grey boards lettered in white at the spine. Lavishly illustrated with scores and scores of reproductions, predominantly in colour. Neatly inked date to the head of the front pastedown, else a fine copy in fine dust wrapper.

First edition. Quarto. 192 pages. Copiously illustrated. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Slight fading to head and tail of spine. Fine in fine dustwrapper.