Cells of Ourselves. (signed )

Urquhart, Tony;Dault, Gary Michael

ISBN 10: 0889841144 / ISBN 13: 9780889841147

Published by Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill, 1989

About this Item

Signed by both Urquhart and Dault. A near fine copy, dustwrapper protected by mylar.

Seller Inventory # HB1096

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cells of Ourselves. (signed )
• Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Porcupines Quill
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0889841144
• ISBN 13: 9780889841147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • ART & ART HISTORY
  • LITERATURE

About this title

Synopsis

Includes fifty drawings (ten reproduced in full colour) organized around the idea of a cage, presented alongside a prose commentary on the images.

Review

It is very often a delight to catch a glimpse of what's inside a sculptor's notebook, since it is there, perhaps always, that the genesis of the creative work in three dimensions takes place. The array here of tiny notebook pages by Tony Urquhart (a sculptor of boxes, fantastic cupboards and such) is an intriguing anthology of just such glimpses.

Through Urquhart's eyes, recorded by cat-scratch ink lines and warmed by quiet watercolour and ink washes in France, Britain and America, we are given views of a tomb in a wrought-iron enclosure, curiosity-cabinets of things picked up on nature walks, railings and fences, a bear cage in the Paris zoo, a grated door in a French lane. These are not atmospheric or gentle drawings: they bite hard on the page, and carry a quick psychological grasp of what they portray, which is almost always a limit or confinement.'--John Bentley Mays "Globe & Mail "