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Paperback. Condición: Fine. 1st. 231 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 31 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Skirball Cultural Center and held at the Center, September 15, 2005 to January 29, 2006, and at the Jewish Museum, New York, March 10 to July 9, 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First printing. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Max Liebermann (1847-1935), the leading artist in Germany from the early 1890s until the Nazi takeover in 1933, was known later in his career for his singular approach to Impressionism. This book explores the virtuosity of his art and the personal attributes on which it oftentimes was based." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Why Max Liebermann at the Skirball Cultural Center?, by Uri D. Herscher; Director's foreword, by Lori Starr; Message from The Jewish Museum, by Joan Rosenbaum; Curator's introduction and acknowledgments, by Barbara C. Gilbert; Max Libermann: a long and fruitful career, by Barbara C. Gilbert; Catalogue of the exhibition; Max Liebermann and the politics of painting in Germany: 1870-1935, by Marion F. Deshmukh; Max Liebermann: German painter and Berlin Jew, by Chana Schutz and Hermann Simon; Gentleman's agreement: belief and disillusionment in the art of Max Liebermann, by Mason Klein; Max Libermann, the outsider as impresario of modernism in the empire, by Francoise Forster-Hahn; Chronology, by Suzanne Schwarz Zuber. Size: 4to. Collectible.