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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. Jess Collins (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 157 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that ran December 9, 1983 through February 5, 1984 at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and then April 19 through June 10, 1984 at the Newport Harbor Art Museum. Features text by R.B. Kitaj and Michael Auping. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, biography, and bibliography. A clean and tight near fine copy in cloth boards in a very near fine dust jacket. A very nice copy of this retrospective on Jess.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 157 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Exhibition held at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, December 9, 1983 to February 5, 1984; and the Newport Harbor Art Museum, April 19 to June 10, 1984. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Bumped corners. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** "Even within the rather compact community involved with contemporary art, the name Jess may not have a familiar ring. Early in a career that began relatively late in life by today's standards, Jess retired to his house and studio in San Francisco, admitted only a few intimate friends, and occasionally showed his work in New York and San Francisco. Jess - the artist dropped his surname some years ago - is an 'outsider' of sorts, supported by a small but loyal following of private collectors and museum professionals who perhaps find in the artist's work what Jane Livingston of the Corcoran Gallery of Art has called a 'horrible fascination.' Jess' art consists of a perplexing world of contrasting historical styles, none of which can fully accommodate or mask the artist's personal eccentricities. While kinship with the Symbolists, Surrealists, Abstract Expressionists, Pop artists and the San Francisco Beat scene is variously evident, the poetic matrix which characterizes Jess' art is, above all else, an extremely personal form of reality. The present exhibition focuses on Jess' Paste-Ups, the artist's modest term for intricate collages made from old magazines, engravings, and newspapers. While they represent only one aspect of the artist's oeuvre, which also includes painting and assemblage, the Paste-Ups are the most intriguing and baffling, their range of personal and historical reference the most dense and inclusive. The Paste-Ups constitute a continuous body of work that reflects a relatively comprehensive biography of Jess' development . . ." - Preface. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Jess Collins (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: New. Jess Collins (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!