THE WAR ARTISTS: BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR ART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

HARRIES, Meirion And Susie.

ISBN 10: 071812314X / ISBN 13: 9780718123147

Published by Michael Joseph In Association With The Imperial War Museum And The Tate Gallery, London, 1983

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Large 8vo. pp: 308. First edition. Original publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering at spine in original publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the authors at half-title. Copiously illustrated in black and white and colour throughout the book. This is a large and heavy item and may well require additional cost to post. ISBN: 071812314X Dust jacket has slight shelfwear with small marks at front and rear covers. Otherwise tight, solid and clean copy. Very good indeed in very good dust jacket. Seller Inventory # C69078

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE WAR ARTISTS: BRITISH OFFICIAL WAR ART OF...

Publisher: Michael Joseph In Association With The Imperial War Museum And The Tate Gallery, London

Publication Date: 1983

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This book is a comprehensive account of the British official war art schemes from their beginnings in 1916 to the Falklands war. Artists referenced include Paul Nash, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Jacob Epstein, Wyndham Lewis, L.S. Lowry, Mervyn Peake, and Stanley Spencer.