Austin Osman Spare, 1886-1956: The Divine Draughtsman. An Appreciation of the Man, the Artist and the Magician.
London: Beskin Press, 1987. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 36pp. Stiff pictorial colored wrappers. Color & black and white plates & text vignettes. A beautifully-produced and illustrated "appreciation" of Austin Osman Spare, published to accompany the exhibition of his art held at the Morley Gallery, London, in September 1987. It includes an Introduction by Geraldine Beskin and John Bonner and essays on various aspects of Spare's life, art and magic by Ian Law, Genesis P-Orridge, and Lionel Snell. The illustrations reproduce a stunning variety of styles and media taken from various periods in the artist's career, a number of which had not been reproduced before. Loosely inserted is the 4 page black and white photocopied, stapled, list giving extra details of the works exhibited. These lists were only available at the exhibition itself. Some light rubbing to the wrappers edges, otherwise a clean VG+ copy. Item #61084
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