Central European Drawings, 1680-1800: A Selection from American Collections

Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1989. xvi, 292 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. First paperback edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Art Museum, Princeton University, October 21 to December 3, 1989 and the University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, January 10 to February 25, 1990. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated, well captioned. "Central Europe occupies a prominent place in many realms of eighteenth-century culture. This volume is the catalogue of an exhibition of drawings, organized in 1989 by The Art Museum, Princeton University, which presents some of the little-known accomplishments of artists from the region of present-day East and West Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and parts of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. Providing the first available survey of drawings of the period in English, the illustrated introduction to the catalogue considers the works in historical and artistic context. The book includes important drawings by artists such as Cosmas Damian Asam, Egid Quirin Asam, Matthus Gnther, and Adrian Zingg. Published for the first time are unique drawings by such important sculptors as Georg Raphael Donner and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. The fully illustrated catalogue contains 105 entries, many of which deal with major issues of art of the time and treat the drawings exhibited in relation to works elsewhere. Biographies are presented for all the artists exhibited." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.