JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY : Painter of Light (2 volume set)
London: The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art / Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1968. Hardbound. Olive green publisher's cloth withgilt lettering. Terracotta and bw-illustrated dust jackets. Vol.1: xvi, 292 pp. with in-text illustrations and huge fully-annotated catalogue (pp. 174-284), plus bibliography (pp. 285-292). Vol.2: xiii, 221 pp. with 355 plates, several in colour. VG-/Good- (nice, tight copies but with some general shelf wear and a few unobtrusive notes in pencil; dust jackets have some general wear and a few tears at folds but still are protective). Item #162959
ISBN: 9780710062840
Examines the life and work of Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Remains the standard reference on the masterful painter, whose manner of illustrating light and illumination has seldom been equaled.
OCLC: 375160
Price: $60.00