The art of Wyndham Lewis; with an essay on detail in the artist's style, a chronological outline, and notes on the plates. / With a critical evaluation by Eric Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handley-Read, Charles, editor.

Contributor:

Newton, Eric, 1893-1965.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957.

Lewis, Wyndham.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

109 pages : plates (some color) portraits (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Faber and Faber, [1951]

Summary:

Colour plates: Portrait of the artist; portrait of T.S. Eliot (1949); The Convalescent; Dragon in a cage. Monochrome plates: Two figures; Man and woman; 'Timon of Athens'; Planners; The Centauress; The Pillar; Bird and figure; Sentinels; Bagdad: a panel; Athanaton; Dust wrapper for 'The apes of God'; Monks; Beach babies; Beach scene; Roman actors; The surrender of Barcelona; The Armada; Departure of a princess from chaos; Stations of the dead; Players on the stage; The mud clinic; Inca with birds; Four figure composition; Allegresse aquatique; What the sea is like at night; A battery shelled; Red nude; Girl in a windsor chair; Girl looking down; Study of an elderly man; woman with clasped hands; Seated figure; Girl sewing; Mrs. Desmond Harmsworth; The chain smoker; Portrait of Mrs. T.J. Honeyman; Portrait of Miss Edith Sitwell; Woman in an armchair; Portrait drawing of the artist's wife; Portrait of T.S. Eliot; The red portrait; Portrait of Stephen Spender; Portrait of Mrs. Naomi Mitchison; Portrait drawing of Avrion, Son of Mrs. Mitchison; Lynette; Head of Ezra Pound (sketch); Portrait of Ezra Pound; Portrait of John MacLeod.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

1209259