This engaging volume describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing The Temptation of Saint Anthony-a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949)-on the occasion of its first public showing in more than 60 years. The piece is composed of 51 separate sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto. Each sheet of the nearly six-foot-high work is reproduced at actual size, revealing Ensor's remarkable technique and fertile imagination. Here, Saint Anthony is surrounded not with nature, as customary, but with the moral decay of society. Replete with tiny scenes depicting both sexual temptation and spiritual piety, Ensor splices potent imagery from travelogues, popular science, and technology magazines into a Symbolist masterpiece. Susan M. Canning, Patrick Florizoeone, and Nancy Ireson analyze the drawing's meaning; Herwig Todts details its origins and early history; and Kimberly J. Nichols recounts the work's restoration.
Susan M. Canning is professor of art history at the College of New Rochelle in New York. Patrick Florizoone is director of the James Ensor Archive, Ghent. Nancy Ireson is Rothman Family Associate Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. Kimberly J. Nichols is associate paper conservator in the department of prints and drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. Herwig Todts is curator of modern art at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 168 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran November 23, 2014 through January 25, 2015 at the The Art Institute of Chicago and then June 10 through September 7, 2014 at the The J. Paul Getty Museum. Foreword by Douglas Druick. Preface by Herwig Todts. Features text by Susan M. Canning, Patrick Florizoone, Nancy Ireson, and Kimberly J. Nichols. Includes 95 color and 5 black and white illustrations. A near fine copy with some very slight creasing to the last plate in fine half dust jacket as issued. Nº de ref. del artículo: 176498
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired Belgian artist James Ensor's (1860-1949) "The Temptation of St. Anthony" which is comprised of 51 sheets and is considered to be one of his great works. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran November 23, 2014 through January 25, 2015 at the The Art Institute of Chicago and also from June 10 through September 7, 2014 at the The J. Paul Getty Museum (which had previously acquired Ensor's "Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889"). Original publisher's orange paper covered boards with black spine and cover lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The unusual dust jacket covers only the lower half of the book (as issued) and is also in nice condition with no creases, tears, chips or markings. This is a very pretty book that would make a fine addition to any library. ; Color & B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 168 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 21568
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Condición: as new. New Haven, Conn. : Yale Univ. Press, 2014. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 168 pp. With 1 folded plate. Ills. - Publication in conjunction with an exhibition titled Temptation: The Demons of James Ensor, Art Institute of Chicago November 23,2014 to January 25,2015 ; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, under the title The Scandalous Art of James Ensor, June 10,2014 - September 7,2014. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780300203912. Keywords : ART, Ensor, James Sydney (1860-1949). Nº de ref. del artículo: 285730
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Condición: New. Describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing The Temptation of Saint Anthony - a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) that is composed of fifty-one sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 144 pages, 98 colour illustrations, with foldout. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 291 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1258. . 2014. Har/Pstr. Hardcover. . . . . Nº de ref. del artículo: V9780300203912
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