Laurens, Henri ; Cécile Goldscheider — Universe Sculpture Series : Laurens

New York, NY, Universe Books, 1959. Hardcover. Green duochrome illustrated dj over plain cardboard. Unnumbered pages, 32 plates of bw illustrations. "The history of nineteenth century painting consists of a series of aesthetic doctrines, which, either complementing or trying to annihilate each other, succeed each other in an ever accelerating tempo. On the other hand sculpture knew only one renovator: Rodin. After his Balzac, the acme of his creative power, the old master, already satiated with fame, could no longer force sculpture in treading new paths. Probably he felt this intuitively, and herein we may find an explanation of the fact that that an important statue to which he had devoted much time and energy remained unfinished. This is the monument for Victor Hugo, destined for the Pantheon, and which would have made an obsolete impression, if it had been executed in marble a long time after the completion of the cartoon.." from introduction. Good (dj and boards yellowed with signs of shelf wear - page condition is excellent) .