Hildegard Auer: A Yearning for Art, Reinhold Heller, Associated Faculty Press, 1987, HC, NF.

Heller, Reinhold. Millwood, Associated Faculty Press, 1987. 

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12" x 11 1/2", 214 pp.

ISBN: 0804694095

White and brown cloth over board, stamped black lettering to spine, light orange soiling to back bottom edge, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. Very Good black pictorial dust jacket, featuring Hildegard Auer's 1977 artwork "North Station Street" to front, white lettering to front and spine, black lettering to interior flaps, minor shelf wear to front and back, some creasing to back panel, light wear to tips, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [3] 214 pp., replete with black-and-white and full-color images, 3 fold-out images, Introduction, Chapter I "End and Beginning," Chapter II "The Past Made Present," Chapter III "The Dream of Animals," Chapter IV "Freedom Enchained," Chapter V "The Artist," Comparative Illustrations, Oeuvre Catalogue, Notes, and Index. From inside dust jacket: "This book describes the work of the artist Hildegard Auer in relation to the development of contemporary German art--and, at the same time, it tells the story of a fascinating life...Hildegard Auer's art is characterized by a very personal imagery and does not fit into any general category."