ISBN: 9780670843039 - barbara hepworth: a life of forms (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:9780670843039.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 343 pages. DJ slightly worn, Text lightly tanned This a biography of sculptor, Dame Barbara Hepworth. With her second husband, Ben Nicholson, and her contemporary, Henry Moore, she led a group of artists mo ving away from representative to abstract art. She produced a form that was enti rely hers. From the beginning of the 1930s she broke new ground and ten years la ter she was prominent among avant garde artists working in St Ives and winning i nternational acclaim. Like others, Hepworth received much hostile criticism, but her faith in her work remained unswerving and her talent was rewarded during he r life. This book analyzes Hepworth's personal life, her relationships with fami ly and friends. She is portrayed as a woman who set herself standards that fille d her life with conflict and contradiction; a person of fierce emotions and litt le sense of humour; and who, during the 1960s, in the opinion of some who knew h er well, from the generous and composed person who had once seemed an oasis of s tillness became increasingly arrogant and self-absorbed.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. pp. xxii, [1], 343. 79 illus. (10 colour) on 20 double-sided plates. biblio. index. bds. dw. First Edition.

1st edition. Biography of the sculptor Barbara Hepworth. "The development of her sculpture is interwoven with its chief influences, people and places, setting her life against the great creative forces of her surroundings, first in Yorkshire and then in [St Ives] Cornwall." Pp.xxiv/343, 10 colour and 69 black & white illustrations, owner's name to front free endpaper, plus: newspaper article about St Ives Group artist (and former assistant to Barbara Hepworth) John Wells - loosely enclosed. Black Boards, dustwrapper has minor wear to top of spine. VG/VG.…

First edition, first printing. Near fine (unrecognisable signature on the title page, dated August 1995) in near fine dustjacket.

First edition, first printing. Near fine with a slightly dusty top edge in near fine, slightly rubbed dustjacket.

First edition, first printing. Near fine in near fine dustjacket.