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Artist: Albert Irvin Authors: Caroline Bissiere & Jean-Paul Blanchet Publisher: Centre d'Art Contemporain Meymac Date: 1998 Condition: Generally very good, the coloured laminated card cover with French flaps, a little fading to the spine, otherwise clean and tidy. Signed and dedicated by the artist on the half-title page. Illustrated throughout in colour. Text in French
The catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of Irvin's work held in France in 1998, the scope of the works illustrated offer a very good insight into the artist's style and development. As ever with Irvin, scale was a key factor in his painting and this exhibition managed to accommodate quite a number of extremely large examples. A very useful addition to the body of literature on this still slightly overlooked abstract painter.
