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Title: L'Artiste Et Son Oeuvre Ou Nos Dejeuners Sur L'Herbe Par le Pr. Pierre Debray-Ritzen, Correspondent de L'Institut. Communication Faire a la Seance Du Mercredi 24 Janvier 1990. Institut de France / Academie Des Beaux Arts.
Description: (Paris: Institut de France, 1990). 1990). - Small quarto [10-7/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in printed green wraps. There is a light crease to the front wrap. 20 pages, including 1 full-page black-and-white illustration [diagram of the brain]. There is a paperclip mark to the top edge of each of the first 5 pages. 4 pages have been roughly opened with creases to the top edges & pieces out. Very good.

Paper-clipped to the first two leaves is a brief typed bio of Professor Debray-Ritzen, together with an original color photograph of him. For twenty years, Debray-Ritzen, a neurologist, author, novelist and essayist, and a member of the Academie des Beaux Arts because of his writings on creativity, directed a neuro-psychiatric service at a children's hospital in Paris. The address published here examines brain and neurological functions in relation to the creative processes of the artist. The text is in French. Very good .

Keywords: ART; PSYCHOLOGY; NEUROLOGIST; FRENCH; PIERRE DEBRAY-RITZEN; L'ARTISTE ET SON OEUVRE; ACADEMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS; ARTISTS; CREATIVE PROCESS; ADDRESS; SPEECH; CREATIVITY; BRAIN.

Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 11958

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