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The art of Adolf Wölfli : St. Adolf-giant-creation / Elka Spoerri and Daniel Baumann ; essay by Edward M. Gomez ; writings by Adolf Wölfli ; with a foreword by Gerard C. Wertkin.
LIBRA NC293.W65 A4 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930--Exhibitions.
- Wölfli, Adolf.
- Wölfli, Adolf, 1864-1930.
- Art brut--Switzerland--Exhibitions.
- Art brut.
- Switzerland.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
- Other Title:
- St. Adolf-giant-creation
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Folk Art Museum ; Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Despite being institutionalized for schizophrenia at age, Adolf Wolfli (1864-1930) achieved artistic greatness in his cell at Waldau Mental Asylum near his native Bern, Switzerland. "The Art of Adolf Wolfli" offers a fresh vantage point on the artist's remarkably intricate drawings and astonishing collages, as well as his newly translated writings, which are justly celebrated for their dizzying blend of mythology and humor.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107) and index.
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition "St. Adolf-Giant-Creation: The art of Adolf Wölfli" presented Feb. 25-May 18, 2003, at American Folk Art Museum, New York, and Sept. 18-Dec. 12, 2004, at Milwaukee Art Museum.
- ISBN:
- 0691114986
- OCLC:
- 51552979
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