Balthus: A Biography (Inscribed First Edition)

Weber, Nicholas Fox

ISBN 10: 0679407375 / ISBN 13: 9780679407379

Published by Knopf, New York, 1999

About this Item

Knopf, New York, 1999. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a near-fine jacket. The jacket is sunned on spine. A clean tight copy, with publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($40.00). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on half-title page to prior owner. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box.

Seller Inventory # Signed-Nonfiction-2022-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Balthus: A Biography (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679407375
• ISBN 13: 9780679407379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

Dozens of illustrations and reproductions complement a full-scale biography of one of the most enigmatic artists of the twentieth century, describing his youth in France, the evolution of his art, and his elusive private life. 20,000 first printing.

About the Author

Nicholas Fox Weber was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Columbia College and Yale University. He has curated retrospectives of the work of Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Leland Bell, and others, and has been for the past twenty-three years the director of the Josef Albers Foundation. He is the author of nine previous books, among them Patron Saints, Leland Bell, and The Art of Babar. He lives in Bethany, Connecticut, with his wife, the novelist Katharine Weber, and their two daughters.