Albert Ryder, Signed (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Luykx, Dirk J. (book design); Hoos, Neil Ryder (photo research) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine unread condition oversized (near folio, almost 12 inches tall) black cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition glossy color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Introduction; Afterword; Albert Pinkham Ryder: His Technical Procedures by Sheldon Keck; Appendices: 1) Paragraphs from the Studio of a Recluse; 2) A Selection of Ryder's Letters; 3) Ryder's Poems; 4) Interviews and Reminiscenses; 5) Paintings by Ryder: A Chronological List; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index and Photographic Credits. Signed, inscribed, and dated (6/5/90, to a famous American family) by author William Innes Homer with red Sharpie at the center of the full title page. A former owner bookplate is neatly affixed to the center of the inner front board with the words "From the Library of Ruth duPont". Profusely illustrated with full color plate paintings, black-and-white paintings, and a black-and-white photographic portrait frontispiece (179 total illustrations with 65 in full color). "One of the most enigmatic and poetic artists America has ever produced, Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917) is also one of the most widely admired. Ryder truly lived for his art and followed his own road. Yet until now there has never been a full-length, comprehensive study of this authentic American genius. Albert Pinkham Ryder: Painter of Dreams brings to light an impressive amount of new information on the artist along with in-depth interpretations of his paintings and their literary and artistic sources. It features more of his work in color than has ever been published before, illustrates and discusses little-known pictures and sketches, and also grapples with the thorny problem of fakes and forgeries. Many never-before-reproduced archival and original photographs have been searched out and reproduced here. In addition, the reader will find in the extensive appendices a wealth of previously unpublished and heretofore unavailable material: interviews, recollections of Ryder by other artists and close friends, and Ryder's own letters and poems. An essay on Ryder's unique technical procedures by noted art conservator Sheldon Keck, a complete list of Ryder's paintings, and a chronology of the artist have also been included. This book is a joint effort by William Innes Homer and the late Lloyd Goodrich. Thirty years ago, Goodrich, then director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, published the first and, until now, the only scholarly book on Ryder, long since out of print. Lloyd Goodrich's many distinguished publications include landmark studies of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Reginald Marsh, and Edward Hopper. William Innes Homer, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Art History at the University of Delaware, long interested in Ryder, has written numerous articles, exhibition catalogues, and books on American art, including ones on Robert Henri, Alfred Stieglitz, and Gertrude Kasebier. In 1984, Goodrich and Homer began their collaboration on Ryder and after Goodrich died in 1987, Homer carried the project to completion. Albert Pinkham Ryder: Painter of Dreams is not only an outstanding study of one of America's great artists but it is also a fascinating biography of a courageous soul in late-nineteenth-century America." -- from the inner front jacket flap. Signed by Author(s).