Bester, Rory, Faye Hirsch and Antje Krog — Claudette Schreuders

Munich, Germany, Prestel Verlag, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. With notes, bibliography, chronology and index. Replete with gloriously colorful illustrations of Schreuders' painted wooden sculptures. Big, tall, heavy quarto hardcover format, measuring 11" x 10" tall and wide, respectively. Excellent detail about 70 sculptures along with prints, drawings and pages from the artist's sketchbooks. The publisher blurb says, "This South African artist is known for her distinctive carved and painted wooden sculptures that reflect the ambiguities of the search for a post-apartheid African identity. Her work is influenced by the traditional Blolo and Colon figures of West Africa, as well as other stylistic input from medieval church sculpture, Spanish portraiture, and Egyptian woodcarving. Schreuders' personal history as a white descendent of colonial settlers in South Africa is reflected in these pieces, which are physical representations of human emotions. This book includes beautiful reproductions of Schreuders' works, two in-depth essays and a biography of the artist, making this the definitive volume on one of the pre-eminent South African artists working today." [10], 11-239 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,