Diane Waldman — Georg Baselitz

New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1995 . Paperback. A copiously illustrated copy of this volume on German painter, sculptor and graphic artist Georg Baselitz. The paperback edition. In the publisher's original card wraps. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and an abundance of coloured in text and full page illustrations throughout. A work curated by Diane Waldman, an art historian, on the works of Georg Baselitz.Baselitz is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the representational, content-driven character of his earlier work and stress the artifice of painting.Drawing from myriad influences, including art of Soviet era illustration art, the Mannerist period and African sculptures, he developed his own, distinct artistic language. In publisher's original paperback binding. Externally, very smart. Sticker residue to front board. Shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .