EGON SCHIELE

A rare 1976 George Braziller first paperback edition which comes highly recommended, includes a brief biography of the artist, and reproduces in full page not only his drawings and preparatory sketches but full colour plates in a 23 page Photographic Album. There are 50 photos of Schiele, his family and friends in what was the third book by Dr Comini. She looks at the 'humanitarianism' of the unpeopled land and townscapes which was the artist's obsession, his pathos and melancholy allegories, and existential portraits. Egon Schiele died at the age of just 28, a meteor that flashed across the galaxy of Klimt, Kokoschka, Schönberg, Loos, Freud and Wittgenstein. Like many of his contemporaries, Schiele was disturbingly dualistic - his provocative explorations of erotica do not prepare the viewer for the tenderness revealed in his lyrical landscapes and town scenes. 20.3 x 28cm large softback, colour plates.