VALLES (Jules).Livre Rare Book
Zorach explains sculpture : what it means and how it is made.
1947007218New York : American Artists Group 1947 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1st edition 1st printing ; xiv 302 pages : illustrations portraits ; 27 cm ; LCCN: 47-12115 ; LC: NB1140; Dewey: 731 ; OCLC: 29784614 ; grey cloth ; no dustjacket ; "As noted American sculptor William Zorach explains in this practical and inspirational guide sculpture is a language as are music and the spoken word. It is one of the great natural means of human expression. In teaching students to explore this valuable medium he offers lucid insightful coverage of such topics as form in art proportions anatomy rhythm design and other essentials. Students will also find a wealth of practical guidance for building a figure in clay casting in plaster and stone wood carving and wood sculpture stone carving and sculpture handling stone and more. Hundreds of drawings and photographs enhance the text ranging from ancient Greek terra-cottas to 20th-century masterpieces by Lachaise Maillol Brancusi Epstein and other masters. There are also many helpful drawings and diagrams illuminating various steps and stages in the sculpting process. Brimming with the distilled artistic wisdom of a lifetime this enormously informative work belongs not only at the fingertips of every sculptor or sculpture student but in the library of anyone interested in the artistic process and how an artist's vision becomes reality." ; copy of the award-winning sculptor and painter from Santa Clara New Mexico artist Joe Rodriguez Valles 1922-1982 ; 235 black and white illustrations and drawings ; wear to covers ; lemon-yellow endpapers ; spine sunned ; numbers on spine ; pencil marks of a child on flyleaf ; else VG <br/> <br/> New York : American Artists Group, 1947 hardcover
Joseph Valles - Books · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €
