The Human Form in Art (1926, first edition)
Illustrated with over 150 images of the human form in photography, sketches etc
Author
Adolphe Armand Braun, editor
Publisher
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926
Printing Details
First edition. Hardback, bound in the original buff cloth with printed titling to spine and upper board. 25.5 × 18.5cm, 231pp.
An artist's reference book for figure drawing, life modelling, and anatomical art instruction. A series of essays on the history of anatomical drawing and the skills of life drawings are interspersed with over 150 illustrations, many full page, of drawings, sculpture, photography etc.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition for age, with some tanning and foxing to the endpapers and ffep. The main body of text has clean pages and secure binding.
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