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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Edited, with a commentary, by Neville Dubow

Paradise. The Journal and Letters (1917-1933) of Irma Stern

Published: Chameleon Press, Cape Town, 1991

Edition: First edition, bound in imported bookcloth and limited to 2000 copies

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Neville Dubow ended his acknowledgements with: "And, finally, my homage to Irma Stern. Towards the end of her life she expressed the hope that I would write a book about her. This is the second one; it is more than a book about her. It is, in every sense, her book."

The book's immediacy, passion and colour epitomise South Africa most highly rated painter - in 112 quarto pages, half in colour, including her 52 pp journal, "discovered, after the artist's death, lodged at the back of a disused cupboard in the studio of her house some time after its conversion into the Irma Stern Museum".

This is a rare unmarked, mint copy - protected dustjacket, grey cloth-boards, lettered in silver to the upper board and the spine, and illustrated text on matt art.

  • Jacket Condition: Fine
  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 290 x 229
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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