Charles Bragg. The Works! A Retrospective San Francisco: Pomegranate, [1999].
First edition.
Quarto. 223 pp. Original full black cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, illustrated endpapers, full color frontispiece, profusely illustrated with more than 130 color plates and more than 60 black-and-white reproductions. With original pictorial dust jacket. Book has one small bump to corner, else a fine copy. Jacket is very lightly rubbed, else fine. Inscribed by the artist on the title page: 'To Chelsea/ Best Wishes,/ Charles Bragg/ 11.5.99'
"Charles Bragg may be the most popular and most overlooked artist of our time, as contradictory as that statement may seem. His paintings, etchings, and sculptures are in private and public collections worldwide; he has hosted radio and television programs, leading discussions on everything from paintings to politics; and he is a Los Angeles bon vivant, a cultural icon, an outspoken, brilliant, and extraordinarily funny man. But what stands out most in this colorful shuffle is that Charles Brass is one of the most gifted American artists of the twentieth century. His technique is masterly, his subject matter profound. His work conveys both a delight in the creative genius of great artists and a fondness for wallowing in sin. For every image that evinces a smile, there is another that is heart-stopping in its poignant commentary on the human condition. For every cartoonish caricature, there is a stunningly beautiful portrait."
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4524
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150