Search Results: Kenneth Rowntree by John Milner

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Lund Humphries, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brown hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. This book was deacessioned from the library of the art dealer Offer Waterman and Co. and bears a discreet circular blindstamp hand-numbered in the centre to the lower right of the front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 87pp. 78 illustrations, mostly in colour. This was the first book to be published on the artist Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997), a significant figure in the history of British art and design. His art was closely bound to the event of his time. The Second World War linked the artist to govenment policy, demanding a genre that celebrated a British life-style then at risk and also a public art of communal experience and shared values..

Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 28/04/2002 00:00:01. hardcover. Like New. 1.5188 cent in x 26.8296 cent in x 22.8726 cent in.

London: Lund Humphries, 2002. First Edition. The first monograph on the artist, chronology of his life by Diana Rowntree; signed by the author, and inscribed by the Rowntree's to Betty and Roy Churcher. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Diana Rowntree to Betty Churcher, sending the book, commenting on the colour of the reproductions and noting, 'A recent history of the Royal College of Art contains the sentence, '... the painting school had students of the calibre of David Hockney, John Bratby, Peter Blake and Betty Cameron'' [later Churcher]. Quarto, 88 pages, illustrated throughout, fine in dustwrapper.

London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2002. 87pp. Colour ills. d.j. Rear cover a trifle rubbed. Kenneth Rowntree (1915-97) was an important figure in the history of British art and design. Near fine with no inscriptions. Please email for photos.. 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/V G rubbed. 4to.