MANET, Edouard - DURET, TheodoreBiblio.com
Manet and the French Impressionists.
1910189996London Grant Richards; J. B. Lippincott Company Philadelphia 1910. Important monograph on Manet First British edition of the first work to describe the development of Impressionism with a chapter on each of the major painters and many illustrations. The author Theodore Duret 1838-1927 was one of the earliest and most vocal supporters of the movement. He first met Manet in 1865 and the two became good friends with the artist painting the connoisseur three times. During the 1870s Duret began writing articles championing the new movement and this his most important work was published in 1878 to accompany the fourth Impressionist exhibition in Paris. Duret also collected and promoted the work of the pre-Raphaelites was an early devotee of Asian art particularly Japanese prints and coined the term avant-garde. Quarto. Half-tone frontispiece 2 original etchings by Renoir and one each by Morisot and Manet 2 wood engravings after Manet and one each after Degas and Camille Pissaro 31 half-tone reproductions. Original blue cloth lettering to spine and front cover gilt top edge gilt others untrimmed. Cloth rubbed to edges otherwise internally bright and clean a very good copy. hardcover
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