Rolf Nesch : the complete graphic works / [edited by] Sidsel Helliesen, Bodil S²rensen.

By:

Nesch, Rolf, 1893-1975

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Archivi dell\'artePublication details: Milano : Skira ; Oslo (N) : Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 519 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9788857200514

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

769.92 NES

Summary: An extensive survey of printed works by the nineteenth-century metal print artist, published with the assistance of his family, includes numerous prints not previously available to the public and shares insight into the development of his technical methods.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	769.92 NES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100416503

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The only extensive survey of Nesch's printed work, this long awaited book will be conductive to a broad dissemination of knowledge of this outstanding printmakers work. Rolf Nesch (1893-1975) is recognized as the inventor of the so-called metal print technique and his graphic work is acknowledged by a specialized audience. Works by Nesch can be found in museums in Stuttgard, Hamburg, London (British Museum), New York (MoMA), Oslo - just to mention some. His graphic activity spanned more than fifty years, and his recorded production comprises 860 works, a number of which have not previously been accessible to the public. The publication of a catalogue will allow everyone to see the quality of his entire graphic work and the chronology will reveal its historical importance.

Catalogue raisonnâee.

Bound, issued in a case.

Joint ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-498) and index.

An extensive survey of printed works by the nineteenth-century metal print artist, published with the assistance of his family, includes numerous prints not previously available to the public and shares insight into the development of his technical methods.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sidsel Helliesen is senior researcher at the National Museum, Oslo, and was head of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery, Norway. Bodil Sørensen is senior curator at the National Museum, Oslo, and was curator of Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery, Norway.