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The Body in Pieces: The fragment as a metaphor of modernity
by NOCHLIN, Linda
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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About This Item
London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. Cloth. Fine. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY of the 26th Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture. 8vo, pp. 64, amply illustrated in b/w. Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. Red paper plate to front pastedown: "This presentation copy of the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture is sent with the compliments of the Directors of Thames and Hudson". Clean, tight and bright. In the original matching red cloth slip case, gilt stamped Thames and Hudson device to front: a few loose threads, two cloth corners lifting. Still, a smart, square copy of the words and images of Nochlin's 26th Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture, given annually on subjects reflecting the interests of the founder of Thames and Hudson. Fine/ near fine Linda Nochlin (1931�2017) was an American art historian and feminist scholar. Nochlin's important intervention in art history, 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (ArtNews, 1971) launched a new era of feminist art history. The Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures are given annually each spring on subjects reflecting the interests of the founder of Thames and Hudson.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2649
- Title
- The Body in Pieces: The fragment as a metaphor of modernity
- Author
- NOCHLIN, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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