The first extended study of Frank Auerbach's remarkable portrait drawings reveals their complexity and ambition as works of graphic art
This book offers an original approach to one of Britain’s leading artists: Frank Auerbach (b. 1931). It looks in detail at his portrait drawings, which Auerbach has been making since the 1950s, and which he has always considered important, freestanding works of art. By turns eerie, shocking, enigmatic, and hauntingly tender, they demand fresh interpretation and investigation. Reproducing more than 130 examples of these portraits, some for the first time, and featuring new essays by curators, scholars, and critics, this book provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore and reassess these striking and sometimes unsettling works of graphic art. Frank Auerbach: Drawings of People includes texts by both the editors and the artist himself, and new essays by Kate Aspinall, James Finch, Alex Massouras, David Mellor, and Barnaby Wright.
Edited by:
Mark Hallett, Catherine Lampert Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 194mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g ISBN:9781913107352 ISBN 10: 1913107353 Pages: 324 Publication Date:19 January 2023 Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Mark Hallett is director of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Catherine Lampert is a curator and art historian, and has been sitting for Frank Auerbach since May 1978.