By Henry Miller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed and dated lower right 'Henry Miller, 10/57'.
Dedicated by Miller verso, 'For Harvey Breit from Henry Miller 24/5/60'.
Accompanied by a first-edition slip-cased copy of
'The Paintings of Henry Miller; Paint as You Like and Die Happy'
Foreword by Lawrence Durrell; Published by Capra Press, Santa Barbara.
A bright and densely-composed watercolor showing a deconstructed view of a small town, probably Monterey, California, and painted when the artist was sixty-eight years old.
Henry Valentine Miller was a seminal American writer who pioneered a literary style that combined elements of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, and surrealist free association. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, and strongly influenced many writers, including Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy...
Category
1950s Expressionist Henry Miller Art
MaterialsLaid Paper, Watercolor