Description: Title: Bak: Oils/Watercolours/Drawings 1972-1974This volume has been hand-signed by Bak on the second free page. Author: Joachim Aberbach and Samuel BakPublisher: Aberbach Fine Art, New York Copyright Date and Edition: 1974, first and only printing; limited edition, hand numbered 2/200 copies ISBN: none listed Exhibition: Aberbach Fine Art, New York, October-November 1974 Pages: 56 unpaginated pages Format, Size: Hardcover with dust jacket, 9 3/4" by 11 1/2" Language: English Illustrations: 33 full-color and duotone illustrations SIGNED and NUMBERED art catalog of Samuel Bak's oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings dating from 1972-1974. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition by/at Aberbach Fine Art, New York, this hardcover (with dust jacket) volume is flat signed in pencil by the artist Samuel Bak on the second free page under a small reproduction of an original print (as noted on the page). This is hand numbered #2/200 copies/limited edition. Black cloth boards with impressed BAK, and pictorial dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: Original print does not accompany this book. "Samuel Bak (Hebrew: 1933) is a Jewish Lithuanian-American painter and writer who survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel in 1948. Since 1993, he has lived in the United States." "Samuel Bak's art has elements of post-modernism, as he employs different styles and visual vernaculars, i.e. surrealism (Salvador Dali, René Magritte), analytical cubism (Picasso), pop art (Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein) and quotations from the old masters. The artist never paints direct scenes of mass death. Instead, he employs allegory, metaphor and certain artistic devices such as substitution: toys instead of the murdered children who played with them, books, instead of the people who read them. Further devices are quotations of iconographical prototypes, i.e. Michelangelo's Creation of Adam (1511/12) on the Sistine Ceiling or Albrecht Dürer's famous engraving entitled Melancholia (1516). In the late 1980s, Bak opened up about his paintings, stating they convey "a sense of a world that was shattered."" Condition: Good used condition, coming from a smoke-free, pet-free environment. Binding tight, pages complete and intact (no writing except for the artist's signature on second free page and the penciled number 2 (of 200 copies), age toning to pages and text block), covers have light corner and edge wear), dust jacket has general wear (corner and edge wear, age toning, general surface wear and soil marks). THIS AUCTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL PRINT. Shipping: Domestic winner pays 2 1/2 pounds Media Mail shipping -- which includes DELIVERY CONFIRMATION. No international shipping. Payment: Payment must be received within 4 days of auction close. Refunds: After communicating with the seller, buyer may return the item (shipped using identical method as originally sent with delivery confirmation/insurance) for a refund.
Price: 60 USD
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Aberbach Fine Art
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1974
Language: English
Illustrator: Samuel Bak
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Flat Signed by the Artist, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered
Author: Samuel Bak and Joachim Aberbach
Topic: Fine Arts: Catalogs, Exhibitions
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
