Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America woodcuttings III General Synthesis

III General Synthesis

Boards well rubbed with one corner restored

Originally issued in serialised form in Pearson's Magazine between 1896 and 1897

Published for the exhibition 'The Tie: men

with over 100 select pieces from the French luxury jeweller and watchmaker

Conversation Pieces: A Survey of the Informal Group Portrait in Europe and America woodcuttings III General SynthesisLondon: Methuen, 1971. Hardback with the excellent dust jacket, just a couple of short, repaired tears to edges to detract. 287 pages, 31 colour plates and 349 b w illusts. A near fine copy. The "conversation piece" is an intimate group portrait usually of small dimensions which became fashionable in the Low Countries before flourishing in 18th century England. Its declined was hastened by the invention of photography. NB: AS THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK AN