Marie-Louise von Motesiczky her life and art by Jill Lloyd ISBN 13: 9780300121544

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo. xi, 288 pp., 35 plates, many in color. A would-be Very Good copy with head of spine and corresponding top of jacket spine heavily bumped, hence Good only; upper corner of rear board very slightly bumped, jacket sunned at spine and lightly handled and egeworn.

This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket has a Very Small, Droplet-sized Light Stain on the Rear Flap and some Edgewear, including Laminate Separation along the Edges, particularly at the Head and Base of the Spine, and Small Areas of Chipping and Creasing at some of the Corners, particularly at the Head and Base of the Spine, but the Dust Jacket has No Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have a Small, Light Bump at the Head of the Spine which has caused Small, Light Crinkling but No Tears, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact. The Interior is Clean and Unmarked with No Writing, Highlighting, or Underlining with the Exception of a Former Owner's (noted "Mad Men" era advertising executive John Kallir) Bookplate on the Inside Front Cover and has No Tears, Creases, Stains, Mold, or Any Major Damage. The Page Edges have some Soiling but No Remainder Mark, Foxing, or Other Major Damage. Securely Packed and Promptly Shipped.

Yale University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0300121547 . Hardcover with dustjacket, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, jacket has a tiny amount of edge-wear adjacent to the spine at the top and bottom edge of the front panel and no other flaws, the jacket is clean and attractive and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, tells the story of the artist's life and also offers "a sensitive critical study of Marie-Louise's paintings," illustrated in color and black and white, includes a Select Bibliography ; ; 288 pages .

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. Hardcover. VG. Red-orange cloth, gray & color illus. dust jacket, 288 pp., color & BW illus. Considers the life and work of Viennese artist Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906-1996). "Drawing on a wealth of unpublished family archives, including decades of correspondence between Marie-Louise and the writer Elias Canetti, the book tells the story of Motesiczky's life -- her childhood in Venice amidst an array of talented and distinguished family members; her life-long friendship with Max Beckmann; her studies in Vienna, The Hague, Paris and Frankfurt; her flight with her mother when the Nazis marched on Vienna in 1938; and her many years living and working among other exiled artists in England. The book offers also a senstive critical study of Marie-Louise's paintings, discussing particular works and the circumstances that surrounded their creation. These including compelling self-portraits, a moving series of paintings of the artist's aging mother and… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws - clean, no writing or markings, tight binding, an unused copy.; xii-288pp., 35 illustrations, b/w photos and color plates of artworks., first biography in english of 20th century austrian painter and exile artist, marie-louise von motesiczky, student of max beckmann, close friend of elias canetti.; this title was printed with two different dust jackets, one had a salmon color background and a particular self-portrait on the cover. this copy has a gray background with a different self-portrait. the other attributes are identical - content, size, etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.