Language: English
Published by Christie's International Media Division, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 0000035440 ISBN 13: 9780000035448
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Oxford, United Kingdom
US$ 56.35
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: As New. 254 pp., profusely illustrated, publisher's cloth backed wrappers, index, copy in mint condition. Contents: 1- Some lines about line in 20th century art, by Roberto Marrone. 2- Lines of inquiry: Bridget Riley and the practice of drawing, by Felicity Chitham.
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
27.5 x 22.0cms 254pp b/w & colour illusts very good+ paperback & cover From ancient carvings on bone and stone to the intricate sketches and working drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht D?rer the use of line has pervaded art throughout the centuries and across many different cultures. From the rigidity of Piet Mondrian through to the Baroque of Cy Twombly this exhibition looks at drawings paintings and sculptures from 1900 to the present day and will include works by Piet Mondrian Pablo Picasso Alexander Calder Cy Twombly Agnes Martin Willem de Kooning Bridget Riley Brice Marden Maria Lassnig Julie Mehretu and Christopher Wool. More than a mere container for shape and colour the line has a life of its own.