Paul Harris Sculpture: Fifty Years. Intro by Theophilus Brown. 1999 PB

Paul Harris (1925–2018) evades definition materially, thematically, and aesthetically. Having come of age as an artist in the effervescent 1950s, when stylistic allegiance was paramount, Harris was singularly comfortable across the spectrum of abstraction and figuration in two or three dimensions. In drawing, printmaking, and painting, his mark-making is richly lyrical, with spirited colors in vibrant dynamism; his bronze and soft sculptures are expansive in form and shape, their intricacies in surface betraying his early training in painting.

This book presents a selection of Harris' imaginative and stunning sculptures created between 1949 and 1999. The introductory text by the distinguished painter Theophilus Brown suggests that the sculptor's work divides itself loosely into three overlapping periods the highly experimental, work done in papier mache, and plaster and string woven or assembled; he also works in wood and bronze. The volume contains 115 b&w and color plates, and concludes with a chronology.

A very nice copy -- clean and tight, no writing or tears. Artistic plates are in excellent condition. Light edgewear to the wraps. 1999, Wrongtree Press.