Scarce exhibition catalogue from the groundbreaking first show of Darger's previously unknown works.
Very good plus.
Price: $500.00
"While claiming he could never remember what he had done wrong, his diary tabulates all the people who ever offended him: other children, his father, a schoolmaster, the landlord, the Sisters in the Catholic Church." – C.L. Morrison
Catalogue of the first major exhibition of Darger's works on paper, held just three years after the artist's death and the discovery of his monumental STORY OF THE VIVIAN GIRLS, IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL. With a personal reminiscence by Darger's landlord, Nathan Lerner, a lengthy critical essay by C.L. Morrison, and early reproductions of Darger's manuscripts and drawings. A scarce and fragile item from a defining event in outsider art.
Read more: "In Realms of the Unreal: The Life and Work of Henry Darger," hydeparkart.org.
First edition. (Chicago): (Hyde Park Art Center), (1977). 8.5'' x 11''. Original oblong saddle-stapled newsprint wrappers. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Slight rippling and light edgewear to wrappers. Toning and faint creasing; small tear to lower edge of final page.
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