Author: Ackerman, Gerald
Title: The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme: With a Catalogue Raisonné
Description: New York, Sotheby's, 1986. Hardcover. A dull burgundy casebound book with white text down the spine. Pages: (6), 6-352. Profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: The life and work of Gerome. 1824-40: Childhood ; 1840-43: In Paris with Delaroche ; 1843:44: An interlude in Rome ; 1845-47: A career starts ; 1848-56: Gérôme establishes his reputation ; 1857-61: Gérôme at the height of his career and powers ; 1862-67: Gérôme marries and settles down ; 1868-69: Gérôme at the end of the Second Empire ; Gérôme's personal position and public reputation ; 1870-74: The war of 1870 and the years following ; 1875-85: Gérôme reclaims his position ; Gérôme as a representative of his profession ; 1886-89: Gérôme's old age ; Active to the end -- Gérôme in the 1890s ; 1900-4: The last years ; Theory and practice ; Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts: on the faculty ; Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts: in the atelier -- The catalogue. Paintings ; Watercolours ; Etchings and other prints ; Sculptures. G-: Reading copy not returnable based on condition. Exlibrary book that was very well loved. Stamps on all three text blocks. Tear at the base of the spine. Sticker residue on the front cover. Stamp on half-title page. Stamp and pencil notations on the title page. Pen and pencil notations on the copyright page. The leaves for the first half of the book are hanging on precariously; each sheaf of leaves is loose from the next, but all remain bound in the book and present. The textblock is rendered uneven. Water damange to the back pasted end page.

Keywords: European Artists ; Gerome, Jean-Leon ; ;


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