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The World of James McNeill Whistler by Horace Gregory 1961

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The World of

James Mc Neill Whistler

by Horace Gregory

London: Hutchison, 1961

First edition, 1961, octavo, 255pp, 13 illustrations. Hardback, blue cloth covers with gilt titling and gilt silhoutte of Whistler on front. Condition is Fair. Ink spots to outside fore edge and small ding to cover edges. Cover a little dusty and worn with rubbing and bumping to extremities. Otherwise nice, tight sound working copy.

A portrait of the artist against the background of the period. Jacket design by Howard Norris. "It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait." Whistler's casual remark to John Singer Sargent might well serve to underscore the contradictors of elements; the idolatrous tributes and damning facts that have the portrait of Whistler half-devil, half angel with horns. The man known to millions for the painting of his mother; known to connaisseurs of wit for his rapier-repartee, known to the world of art for his analogy between music and colour -- can be, actually, little known before an attempt is made to fuse the divergent patterns. This is what the distinguished American critic, Horace Gregory, does in this critical biography -- he makes a new interpretation of Whistler and his world."

Price: £15.00

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