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Auction #127 begins on 06 Nov 2025

Harmsen, (Frieda)

ART AND ARTICLES IN HONOUR OF HEATHER MARTIENSSEN

Published: A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1973

Edition: First

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $55

Bidding opens: 6 Nov 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 13 Nov 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Art and Articles in honour of heather Martienssen, Professor of Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, presente to her by former students and colleagues upon her retirement in November 1973.

Blue cloth covers with the Balkema emblem to the front board and the title to the spine, all gilted gold. 216 pages. Many tipped-in pictures of paintings. 

Contents include: Greek sculpted friezes. Early development of chiaroscuro. Costume in Caravaggio. A note on Dutch seventeenth- century painting. Edouart Manet. Expressionism in Fauvism. Juan Gris and mathematics. The influence of Spanish rock art on Miro's development. Jean Arp. Cape Dutch architecture. Pierneef. . Poems. 

Contributors: Esme Berman, Burwitz, Nettleton, Adler, Farber, Sacks, Richie, Harrop-Allin, Judith Mason, Gordon Vorster, Frieda Harmsen, Ingrid Winterbach and more. 

  • Jacket Condition: Good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 4to (280 x 220 mm)


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