250 black and white photographs by the author. First printing. Previous owner's name on front paste-down, else very good in a very good dust jacket. ; 144 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Modeling the Figure in Clay: Sculpture by Bruno Lucchesi.

Publisher

Watson-Guptill Publications,, NY:

Publication Date

1980

Language

English

ISBN 10

0823030970

ISBN 13

9780823030972

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Bruno Lucchesi

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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Synopsis

Master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi demonstrates the working sequence he follows in creating a figure in clay, starting with the skeleton, laying on muscles to show male and female anatomy, and finishing with a complete, detailed figure sculpture

About the Author

Bruno Lucchesi is perhaps best known for his smaller figures and is genre sculptures, but he also does major, large commissioned pieces. His sculptures have been added to the collections of the Whitney Museum of American ARt, The Brooklyn Museuem, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, among others. He has received awards from the National Academy, which elected him Member in 1975, the National Arts Club, and the Architectural League, and he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1962-63. Bruno lives in New York.

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