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- From: ian@spider.co.uk (Ian Heavens)
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- Subject: Re: need: books on Henri Matisse (was Re: Great gift books for me!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.154500.10114@spider.co.uk>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 15:45:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.175726.17762@grebyn.com> Fiona Webster,
- fi@grebyn.com writes:
- >I'm gonna be makin' a trek up to NYC for the Matisse exhibit in
- >early January, and I'd very much like to bone up before I go.
- >So, I could use some help in my efforts to _chasser_les_fauves_,
- >as it were :-)--that is, some recommendations for good books on
- >the subject. Given the source of the suggestion, the Elderfield
- >sounds like a good start (could you say a bit more about it, Keith?).
- >I'm especially interested in books with more words than pictures--
- >those that emphasize art criticism and art history with a special
- >focus on Matisse and his influences/followers. I'd prefer things
- >that are easy to find and also in paperback, but rare or expensive
- >recommendations are also OK,
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- "Matisse in Morocco" is a very interesting book. I forget the author
- and publisher, but it is one of those coffee-table size art books (Phaidon
- Press?). The pictures are nice, too. It costs 28 pounds here.
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