Felix Feneon: Aesthete & Anarchist in Fin-de-Siecle Paris, Halperin, Brand New

 Ungersma, Joan Halperin, New York: Yale University Press, 1988

 ISBN: 0300043007

A  Fine/New 8vo, 10 1/4" x 7 1/2." Brand New in shrink-wrap. Beige paper-covered boards backed with medium blue cloth in a multicolored pictorial paper dust jacket. Purple and white lettering on black and pictorial dust jacket spine. An illustration of Paul Cignac's famous Neo-Impressionist portrait of Felix Feneon wraps around front panel and spine of dust jacket. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight. Dust jacket pristine and intact. Pages likewise pristine and intact. Illustrations and 16 unnumbered plates included. 425 pp., including illustrations. Fascinating biography of Felix Feneon by Joan Ungersma Halperin, an American art historian and professor. Felix Feneon (1861-1944) was a French Symbolist writer, art critic, art dealer, gallery director, and anarchist. Feneon coined the term, "Neo-Impressionism," to describe the art movement led by Georges Seurat. He was an ardent promoter of Seurat, Paul Cignac, and other Neo-Impressionists. Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.