FIGURE AND FORM PRESENT, PAST AND PERSONAL, THE COLLECTION OF DR. MELVIN BLAKE AND DR. FRANK PURNELL

Hunter, Sam, Text --- Finn, David, Photos

ISBN 10: 0964095203 / ISBN 13: 9780964095205

Published by Millwood Publishing NY, 1994

--Light cloth covers, book is 11" x 9". 207 pages with photos and illustrations of artwork over the centuries- sculpture, painting, .drawings. The book begins with pages of text by Sam Hunter , followed by pages 22-199 is all art, followed by 3 pages of text at end of book which is thoughts on the collections with small b/w photos----NEW CONDITION- - dust jacket New Condition. Seller Inventory # 051068

Synopsis:

For several decades, New York collectors Melvin Blake and Frank Purnell have dedicated themselves to building an art collection of more than 100 works that spans the ages, beginning with Greek and Roman antiquity but giving major exposure to their own time and circumstance.
The scope of the exemplary paintings, sculptures and drawings is wide, ranging from vivid studies of the New York collectors themselves to the magnified, detailed poetic realism of Domenico Gnoli's La Tasca Della Giacca of 1966 and the apparitional 1942 gouache by the Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte, Les Graces Naturelles.
Sam Hunter's text examines many compelling art objects in depth, establishing affinities with the past, raising significant issues that help redefine contemporary realism and relating the work anecdotally to the lives of their creators. Although the two collectors have for the most part limited their expertise to the human figure, they chose among a variety of styles and subjects, mediums and scales in making their vibrant contemporary selection. The result is an unusual continuity of vision and collective connoisseurship in works that are cohesive but never predictable.

About the Author: Sam Hunter is a Professor in the Department of Art and Archeology at Princeton University and Curator of Modern Art at the University Museum.

Bibliographic Details

Title: FIGURE AND FORM PRESENT, PAST AND PERSONAL, ...
Publisher: Millwood Publishing NY
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket w New Mylar Cover
Edition: Apparent First