Paul Cezanne: Watercolours

Artist: Paul Cezanne 
Author: Lionello Venturi 
Publisher: Bruno Cassirer 
Date: 1943 (1945) 
Condition: The fourth edition hardback, published in 1945, complete with original unclipped printed dust wrapper; the wrapper is complete but very fragile and in two parts, with tape repairs to the spine, handling marks and chips and nibbles to all edges. The book retains the printed card boards and yellow linen spine, in generally good condition although a little tanning to the edges. Internally the book is in clean and tidy condition, a former owner's name in ink to the first floating endpaper, illustrated with colour frontispiece and several black and white plates.

Venturi was the author of the first catalogue raisonne of Cezanne's work and a significant authority on the artist. This publication, published during WWII, manages to not only maintain surprisingly high production values for the time, but includes a very readable and informative essay