Item #67296 The Mother, Paintings and Drawings [ Collected Works, Paintings and Drawings. The Mother, 1878 - 1973 ]. Mirra Allassa, Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

The Mother, Paintings and Drawings [ Collected Works, Paintings and Drawings. The Mother, 1878 - 1973 ].

Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. [xiv] + 198pp. Cream cloth lettered on spine and upper board, textured endpapers, two page illustrated title page, generously illustrated in color and b&w, endnotes. Artist, Mirra Allassa (aka "The Mother", 1878 - 1973) became Sri Aurobindo's "collaborator" in his spiritual work and helped found the famous Ashram in Pondicherry. Aurobindo (1872-1950) was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, yogi, and writer who developed a spiritual practice he called Integral Yoga, and developed an extensive international following. Allassa was a genuinely talented artist, and this volume not only reproduces a broad selection of her ar but includes an extensive essay "The Mother as an Artist, The Mother on Art". Light ordinary shelf wear, else a tight, bright VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, a little creasing and chafing to edges. Now protected in mylar cover). Large volume, additional shipping may be required depending on location. Item #67296
ISBN: 8170582768

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