Rustin Lucie-Smith, Edward Jean Rustin Heneage Thomas and Co. Ltd, 1991, 1st, ..

Rustin ISBN: 0946708347 Author: Lucie-Smith, Edward Publisher: Heneage (Thomas) & Co Ltd Release Date: 1991 Seller Category: ART MONOGRAPHS Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Excellent Sku: 01594 Notes: Near Fine first edition, oblong black cloth over boards with grey title printed to front and spine. Sharp tips, no bumping, interior is clean, spine is tight and plumb. French-fold dust jacket, some very mild shelf wear, protected in a paper-backed mylar sleeve. Text in English by contemporary art historian Edward Lucie-Smith. Rife with full-color, full-bleed images of the artist's paintings and drawings chronicling his journey from abstraction into the existential and figurative. Loosely laid in is a bifold prospectus, in Near Fine condition, oblong with full-page black-and-white Rustin drawing. Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick. Ovall, a striking rendition of the artist's trajectory, contextualized by one of contemporary art's most prolific writers. A heavy item and oversized item that may require additional shipping. 311 pp.