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Masters of Colour Derain to Kandinsky, Masterpieces from Merzbacher Collection

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Masters of Colour: Derain to Kandinsky - Masterpieces from Merzbacher Collection. Published by Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2002. 1st Ed paperback Exhibition Catalog at the Royal Academy of Arts, London July 27-November 17, 2002. "This volume reveals one of the world's finest private collections of early twentieth-century art. Long known to experts and scholars, the Werner and Gabrielle Merzbacher Collection contains many masterpieces linked by a vivid use of colour. Outstanding works by Cezanne, van Gogh, Picasso, Derain, Matisse, Braque, Nolde, Kirchner, Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Beckmann and Calder, among many others, and displayed here in all their vibrancy." "The eminent colour theorist John Gage examines the works in the collection in the context of colour theory and colour practice in early twentieth-century art, while Stephanie Rachum discusses the genesis and development of the Merzbacher Collection. A series of scholarly catalogue entries by numerous authorities completes this beautiful publication."--Jacket.
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    Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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    2002
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    new and unread.
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    valatie, NY
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    Seller: NPP-151-1st1stDibs: LU2605125815792
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