Matisse: The Master - A Life of Henri Matisse: Volume Two, 1909-1954 (SIGNED)

Spurling, Hilary (SIGNED)

ISBN 10: 0241133394 / ISBN 13: 9780241133392

Published by Penguin Books, London, 2006

About this Item

245 x 190mm. pp. 512. English text. Flat-signed hardback edition of volume two of Matisse the Master by Hilary Spurling. Signed in black pen to title page. Colour and black and white illustrations. Bound in original light brown boards with red spine. Housed in pictorial dust jacket. Light wave to pages, some light yellowing to page edges, and some fading to spine of dust jacket (see images). Boards clean. Binding strong. No underlining. Dust jacket protected with removable mylar cover. 1.4kg. Extra postage overseas.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matisse: The Master - A Life of Henri Matisse: Volume Two, 1909-1954 (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Penguin Books, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241133394
• ISBN 13: 9780241133392
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Hardback Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good -
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -
• Signed: Flat-signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Matisse was, with Picasso, one of the two great geniuses of 20th-century Western art. In this astounding book (winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year 2005) Hilary Spurling's fascinating exploration of Matisse's world uncovers the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries while paving the way for modern art.
This beautifully presented second volume tells the story of Matisse's growing artistic maturity and the relationship between his life and art from 1909 to 1954, his glory years.

About the Author

Hilary Spurling is a prize-winning biographer whose books include Ivy: The Life of Ivy Compton-Burnett, Paul Scott, La Grande Therese and The Girl from the Fiction Department, as well as The Unknown Matisse. She is a regular book reviewer for the Observer and The Daily Telegraph and lives in London.