BELLA by Bella Feldman, Kenneth Baker - 1996

np.: np., nd.. First edition. . Hardcover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New York: Michael Levine. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. ; Nicely Inscribed By Bella; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Signed by Author .

Fresno, California: Fresno Art Museum, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Folio,Original bare bords with black cloth spine as issued. Impression of the title in an elipse on front cover, silver lettering on spine. 90 pp. Illustrated throughout from cover to cover with b/w and color facsimile photographs of the work of Bella Feldman, an exceptional artist who, "makes extraordinary objects-objects that rivet your attention by their physical appearance; the weight, mass, volume, material, posture, balance, and motion immediately access a bodily response. Then your mind, your sense of poetry, human imagination, and memory tune in and hold you there. Bella's works are intended to keep and enlarge their meaning over time; their layered imageries shift and evolve with the viewer's own moods and experiences. The materials for her sculptures are chosen not only for structural reasons but also for the references they embody. Although the objects are beautiful, they contain an element of threat and of irony.… Read More