Sotheby's — Joseph Mallord William Turner : Ehrenbreitstein

London, England, Sotheby, 2017. Softcover. Blue loose dustjacket with text cut-outs, color illustrated wraps with gilt text. (4) 5-63 pp. Features many color and bw illustrations. "Turner is one of those preeminent figures that mark the pages of history - like da Vinci, Darwin, Picasso or Einstein - who changed the way we see and think about the world. An artist rooted in the aesthetic philosophy and culture of his time, perpetually engaged with the art of both his predecessors and comtemporaries, he was at the same time possibly the first 'modern' painter; who directly inspired the impressionism of the nineteenth century, and presaged the abstract expressionism of the twentieth." - from foreword. VG, letter cut-outs have minor wear on some edges .