The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings (Clark Art Institute)
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The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings (Clark Art Institute) Details
About the Author James A. Ganz is Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. He is the coauthor of The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings and Goltzius and the Third Dimension, also available from Yale University Press. Read more
Reviews
This book, the catalogue for a travelling exhibition held in 2007, enables the reader to discover an often overlooked aspect of Monet's art. The drawings and, above all, the pastels shown and explained here demonstrate the artist's mastery of light and color better than his paintings, because they look fresher to us. Some are studies for actual paintings, and others are finished works in their own right. Also described are his many caricatures of the rich and famous of the time, which, to me, were a complete discovery.A very informative text and high quality reproductions, all contribute to make this book a valuable addition to the literature on the artist.
