Goodman, Lanie, Betsy Dillard Stroud and David Pagel — Joseph Raffael Moving Toward the Light

Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, ACC Editions, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade in this state and condition, being the only SIGNED by the author exemplar available currently on-line. Inscribed warmly on a tipped-in illustration at first free endpaper. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound in black cloth over bevel-edged boards, with blind-stamped title and artist name to front cover. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. First Edition. Big, tall, nearly square format, with 191 pp. The publisher's blurb says that "Moving Toward the Light: Joseph Raffael is a 2015 monograph that surveys approximately 17 years of the artist's large-scale watercolour paintings. Featuring essays by Lanie Goodman, Betsy Dillard Stroud, and David Pagel, the book presents 88 richly coloured works created in Raffael's studio at his home in Cap d'Antibes, France. Joseph Raffael, who studied under Josef Albers at Yale, is known for his luminous, intricate watercolours depicting flowers, koi ponds, birds, shells, and fossilssubjects drawn from the natural environment surrounding his Mediterranean garden. His technique, often wet-into-wet, results in saturated, glowing compositions that evoke the depth of oil painting while remaining unmistakably fluid and alive with light." Augmented with a biographical overview, a dialogue from one artist to another, and Pagel's philosophical reflections on the meaning of beauty and the artist's lifelong dedication to capturing it. Many of the paintings reproduced here are monumental in scale, some being as large as five feet by eight feet. The accompanying exhibition at the Nancy Hoffman Gallery in 2015 highlighted Raffael's works. 191 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine/Near Fine,