Thomas Couture, Signed (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Méthode et Entretiens d Atelier par Thomas Couture. Deuxième Édition. Paris: Rue Vintimille, Avec la Signature de l Auteur, 1868. 382 p, SIGNED BY AUTHOR! 2nd Edition. Custom binding for Henry Hobson Richardson. Signed binding measures 7.25 x 4.75 , 12mo. In fair condition. Boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine scuffed; spine moderately tanned from shelf-wear with creased & rubbed hinges. Gilt lettering on spine normally dulled & soiled, but legible. Previous ownership gilt monogram at head of front hinge (front board). Top edge gilt; fore-edge deckled. Binder's permanent ink stamp found on top edge of front end-page (verso): "F. P. Hathaway. Binder Boston". Author's signature found on half-title page, in black ink. Water or tea dampness staining found throughout entire text-block's (except for pages 40-180) fore-edges - text-block rippled. Leaves impacted by dampness staining are fairly brittle, especially at fore-edges. Text-block normally toned with some instances of age-staining. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Thomas Couture (1815 1879) was a French history painter and teacher. He taught such later luminaries of the art world as Édouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, John La Farge, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, John Ward Dunsmore, William Morris Hunt, and Joseph-Noël Sylvestre. Couture's innovative technique gained much attention, and he received Government and Church commissions for murals during the late 1840s through the 1850s. He never completed the first two commissions, and the third met with mixed criticism. Upset by the unfavorable reception of his murals, in 1860 he left Paris, for a time returning to his hometown of Senlis, where he continued to teach young artists who came to him. In 1867 he thumbed his nose at the academic establishment by publishing a book on his own ideas and working methods called Méthode et entretiens d'atelier (Method and Workshop Interviews). It was also translated to Conversations on Art Methods in 1879, the year he died. Provenance: Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (1838 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one of "the recognized trinity of American architecture." Binder: Francis Peck Hathaway, (1845-1916) Founder Of The Boston Public Library Bindery In 1872. This is a Second Edition SIGNED by Couture. RAREA1868BTVX 05/25 - HK2478. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 27 x 21 cm. Hand-written Signed Receipt on J. Calvet & Cie letterhead. Very Good. En Francais.