1904 Leather Uk James Mcneil Whistler As I Knew Him Mortimer Menpes Illustrated
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1904 LEATHER UK JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER AS I KNEW HIM MORTIMER MENPES ILLUSTRATED. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London. Note that the front panel of the cloth binding is bound in at the rear. We could affix this to the front board if you wish. The front board is a facsimile, the original was missing when we got the book. HERE we offer a remarkable red leatherbound book, Whistler as I knew him, by Mortimer Menpes, a fellow artist. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London. Sized 10x8 inches, 152 extra thick pages, hundreds of prints. Note that the front panel of the cloth binding is bound in at the rear. We could affix this to the front board if you wish. The front board is a facsimile, the original was missing when we got the book. Dozens and dozens of great prints. Call it a reading copy, or a copy for the prints. Fans of the travel books of Adam and Charles Black will recognize the name Mortimer Menpes, as he illustrated many of them. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He eschewed sentimentality and moral allusion in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo "art for art's sake". His signature for his paintings took the shape of a stylized butterfly with an added long stinger for a tail. The symbol combined both aspects of his personality: his art is marked by a subtle delicacy, while his public persona was combative. He found a parallel between painting and music, and entitled many of his paintings "arrangements", "harmonies", and "nocturnes", emphasizing the primacy of tonal harmony. His most famous painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), commonly known as Whistler's Mother, is a revered and often parodied portrait of motherhood. Whistler influenced the art world and the broader culture of his time with his aesthetic theories and his friendships with other leading artists and writers.
