Albert Irvin: Life to Painting

Artist: Albert Irvin 
Author: Paul Moorhouse 
Publisher: Lund Humphries 
Date: 1998 
Condition: The first edition hardback, complete with original unclipped colour printed dust wrapper in very good condition, some very slight shelf wear to the edges. Internally, very good, clean and bright. Illustrated throughout in colour. Signed and dedicated by the artist on the title page; also loosely inserted are two extensively inscribed postcards from the artist.

The gold-standard monograph on Irvin, this very readable book by Paul Moorhouse offers both a comprehensive account of the artist's life, development and ideas alongside a very liberal selection of images of his work. Irvin's work was always concerned with colour and this comes over well in this volume. There is also a useful bibliography and exhibition listing.