Arikha


A monograph on the original and independent-minded contemporary figurative artist.


Duncan Thomson


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Price: USD$39.95

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Overview
  • Authoritative monograph on Romanian-born Israeli artist Avigdor Arikha (b.1929), one of the most original and independent-minded of contemporary figurative artists
  • Surveys Arikha's entire body of work, from the drawings he made as a child in a Nazi concentration camp to the abstract work that won him acclaim in the 1960s, to the carefully composed portraits, nudes and still lifes of his recent career
  • More than 200 illustrations document Arikha's paintings, drawings and graphics
  • Winner of the Scottish Arts Council Book Award for Excellence, 1995



In The Press
'A perceptive, stunningly illustrated biographical-critical study.' (Publishers Weekly)


About the author(s)
Duncan Thomson is Keeper of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.


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