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John Himmelfarb is a bold American artist who consistently ignores the boundaries between drawing and painting. This comprehensive monograph also details his most recent work that includes the lyric paintings of the Inland Romance Series and linear calligraphic creations that challenge the heart and mind of the contemporary art lover.
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As the definitive record of one of America's premier printmakers, the catalogue raisonne of the prints of John Himmelfarb provides a welcome guide to more than 35 years of this master's graphic work. This comprehensive publication spanning his entire career from 1967 to 2004, offers an overview of the artist's development, from the early Landscapes of his Harvard years, through his Grid, Letterform, and Maps and Bridges series, to the Narrative Puzzle Pieces of the present day.Beginning with an insightful biographical essay by Linda Konheim Kramer, The Prints of John Himmelfarb goes on to include an in-depth discussion of the artist's career by Michael Bonesteel. The complete, illustrated catalogue of his graphic work records precise information on the paper, printers, and technical details of each edition. A full chronology, exhibition history, and extensive bibliography complete a volume that will be of equal interest to scholars, collectors, and libraries as well as to a wide array of devotees of the graphic arts.
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