Edvard Munch
Berlin: Verlag von Bruno Cassirer, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. [6], 1-191, [1] pp. Goldenrod cloth with a red decoration of a lion on the front board, black lettering on the front board and spine; purple topstain. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several full-page and in-text illustrations. The full-page illustrations comprise the last 78 pages of the book. Smithsonian Magazine, Arthur Lubow, "Edvard Munch: Beyond The Scream". Munch led a troubled, turbulent life and produced the largest part of his oeuvre in the first half of his lifetime. A Norwegian artist, he is said to have been influential on the later German expressionists, and he himself was influenced by Gaugin, Van Gogh, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Upon his death Munch left thousands of prints, paintings, and drawings in his home. While most people know Munch only for his painting, The Scream, this book provides a fabulous overview of his prolific output of sketches and paintings. Near Fine. Item #000012648
Remnants of a bookplate on the second blank leaf, otherwise an exceptional example.
Price: $800.00