Hart Frederick Wolfe Tom Commentary (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 143 pages, illustrations (some colour); 34 cm. Essays by Homan Potterton, et al. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "This volume chronicles the life's work of an artist dedicated to challenging the sacred cows of modernism by calling for a reunion of beauty and morality in art and reuniting art with the concerns of humanity. This renewed vision of art, Frederick Hart believes, can be achieved only by reasserting the preeminence of the human figure as the fundamental element in the language of visual art." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by J. Carter Brown; A commentary, by Tom Wolfe; Portfolio: Washington National Cathedral; Metamorphosis: stone carver to artist, by Homan Potterton; Portfolio: Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Three soldiers: a solution to a national controversy, by James M. Goode; A soldier's reflections, by Frederick Downs, Jr.; Evolution out of chaos: the Creation sculptures, by Frederick Turner; Apotheosis of the human figure: an aesthetic of evolutionary humanism, by Donald Martin Reynolds; The reenchantment of public art, by James F. Cooper; Transcending tradition: the cast acrylic resin works, by Robert Chase; Plates; Catalogue raisonne , compiled by Pamela Hoyle; Frederick Hart chronology; Profile. Size: Folio. Collectible.…

fourth printing 144pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (grey cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown) in F d/w.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in glassine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Number 533 of 1000 numbered copies. Although called for, this copy is not accompanied by the sculpture, Reflections. Although not called for, this copy is signed by Frederick Hart on the colophon page. Laid into this copy are two clippings from the Washington Post, published after his death in 1999. Copies of this limited edition tend to be uncommon. Signed by Artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 041020; Hart, Frederick; Wolfe, Tom (commentary); Brown, J. Carter (introduction); with Essays By Potterton, Homan; Goode, James M.; Downs, Frederick Jr.; Turner, Frederick; Reynolds, Donald Martin; Cooper, James F.; And Chase, Robert Frederick Hart: Sculptor SCULPTURE HUMAN FIGURE ART.…