John Constable: the making of a master / Mark Evans; with Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens
2014, 1st Edition. South Kensington, London: V & A Publishing. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #339147
Physical description: 223 pages, illustrations; 25 x 29 cm. Notes: Venue: Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the V&A, London, 20 Sept. 2014 - 11 Jan. 2015. Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Origins: seeking the truth at second hand -- Outdoor oil sketches and studies: faithful and brilliant transcriptions of the thing of the moment- nature caught in the very act -- Collector: the interesting and valuable collection formed by the late John Constable, Esq. R.A. -- Methods: I imagine myself driving a nail -- Sources: we challenge the Dutch Masters to shew us any thing better than this -- Canon: the Chiar Oscuro of Nature. Subjects: Constable, John 1776-1837; Exhibitions. Constable, John. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England); Exhibitions. Naturalism in art; Exhibitions. Painting, British; Exhibitions 19th century. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogues.
Price: €150.00