First edition in English of Baldacci's massive survey of de Chirico's early life and works.
Very good plus in very good plus jacket.
Price: $300.00
"The recurring images of this period speak most eloquently of de Chirico's concerns: solid architecture defined by alternating light and shadow, statues of philosophers turned toward the horizon, living men straddling the lines of mysterious grids, and everywhere the voice of the sea and the sails of the 'seekers of enigma.'"
Monograph on the period from Giorgio de Chirico's birth through February 1919, the "date of Roberto Longhi's savage criticism of his first solo exhibition at the Bragaglia Gallery, and as such the first clear manifestation of the Italian art world's rejection of the 'ideology' inherent in Metaphysical art." Remains an important reference.
Boston: Bullfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, (1997). 13'' x 11''. Translated by Jeffrey Jennings. Original blue cloth. In original unclipped ($95.00) dust jacket. 444 pages. Black remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Mild wear to book and jacket.
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