Fermigier, Andre — Jean-Francois Millet

New York, Rizzoli / Skira, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. Chocolate-colored cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, cardboard slipcase, 158 pp. 102 BW plates, 43 color plates. Title on spine & front cover: Millet. Series: Discovering the Nineteenth Century. Considers the life and work of French painter Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), who "was for long one of the most misunderstood painters of the nineteenth century.. Only in our time has he been recognized for what he is: a poet of the people who painted the realities of peasant life without either softening or exaggerating what he saw." Exquisite, and waiting only for the proper coffee table for display. VG (Few marks from previous owner.) .