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One Hundred Details
Kenneth Clark (introduction and notes)
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- Author
- Kenneth Clark (introduction and notes)
- Publisher
- Printed for the Trustees of the National Gallery (printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd.)
- Year
- 1938
- Edition
- Not stated; a single 1938 printing as shown on the title page and copyright page · not confirmed
- Binding
- Hardback
- Dust jacket
- No
- Condition
- Good
About this copy
A beautifully produced collection of close-up details from the National Gallery's great paintings, introduced and annotated by the celebrated art historian Kenneth Clark. Each plate invites you to look again at brushwork, texture and telling small things, from the faces and armour of early masters to the animals tucked into the corners of crowded canvases. It remains a delightful way to discover the Gallery's treasures.
This handsome hardback in its original green cloth binding is a lovely 1938 copy, with a personal presentation inscription on the front free endpaper dated July 1943.
Condition
- Book
- Good. A sound, firm copy with clean plates and a tight binding. Light foxing/spotting to the endpapers and some pages, a blue ink inscription on the front free endpaper, and slight wear to the cloth at the spine ends and edges.
- Dust jacket
- None present.
A pre-owned book; any wear beyond that described is minor and in keeping with its age.
Collector's notes
- A personal inscription from Colin Mackenzie Smith, dated 27 July 1943, gives this copy its own history
- Published 1938 for the Trustees of the National Gallery, London, with an introduction and notes by Kenneth Clark
- Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd., Printers to His Majesty the King
- Tipped-in monochrome plates reproducing details from National Gallery paintings A lovely copy, ready for its next reader.
This is a pre-owned book. Please look at every photograph: they show its true condition.