Malicious Resplendence: The Paintings of Robt. Williams (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)

Stecyk, C. R. (text); Intro by Walter Hopps; Ed. by Gary G. Groth; Art Direction by Marc Arsenault; Williams, Robert

ISBN 10: 1560972785 / ISBN 13: 9781560972785

Published by Fantagraphics Books, 1998

About this Item

First Edition, December, 1997 First Printing (stated) in dust jacket SIGNED by Robert Williams to his portrait page with personalized inscription and dated 2-21-98, the date of the Publication Party for the book (and signing), fliers for event laid in, a Fine copy in Near Fine jacket with one tiny closed tear top rear corner (dj in mylar protector); sq folio; 284pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for expedited or overseas shipment).

Seller Inventory # 29300

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Malicious Resplendence: The Paintings of Robt. Williams (SIGNED FIRST EDITION)
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560972785
• ISBN 13: 9781560972785
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Artist
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art / Design

About this title

Synopsis

This infamous artist's paintings get the lush treatment they deserve in this career-spanning collection. Williams' transcendent work integrates his formative underground influences with a mastery of fine art techniques.

A career-spanning collection of the infamous lowbrow master. Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and the roots of the Underground Comix movement (Williams, of course, was one of the founding ZAP artists, along with R. Crumb), ultimately transcending the constraints of both by cultivating his mastery of oil paints and forging a career as the preeminent artist among a generation of imagist painters gathering inspiration from the shadowed corners of contemporary culture. Williams singlehandedly became the model of the "Outsider" art movement, influencing a generation of artists to create without concern for the fine art world, held in contempt by Williams. It's a feeling which had been reciprocated in kind for years by the established fine art community, although Williams' sheer mastery of his craft has caused a grudging retreat.