Edward Bawden Scrapbooks, 9781848221840
Hardcover
Through 250 illustrations taken from five fascinating scrapbooks, this book reveals the wonderful world of painter and illustrator Edward Bawden. Some pages are beautiful, some instructive and some baffling, but together they give us an insight into the mind of one of the 20th century’s most reclusi…

Edward Bawden Scrapbooks

$124.48

  • Hardcover

    208 pages

  • Release Date

    14 May 2016

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Summary

Painter and illustrator Edward Bawden’s five scrapbooks, assembled over a period of more than 55 years, contain everything from stamps, photographs, cigarette cards, Christmas cards and letters to newspaper cuttings, drawings and autographs, amongst other fascinating ephemera. Beautifully designed and illustrated with over 250 images taken from these books, Edward Bawden Scrapbooks reveals this wonderful and at times eccentric collection and provides a new insight into one of the most popular…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848221840
ISBN-10:1848221843
Author:Peyton Skipwith, Brian Webb
Publisher:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:14 May 2016
Weight:1.40kg
Dimensions:300mm x 240mm
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Critics Review

‘A wondrous almanac of one man’s sensibility’ * Guardian *

About The Author

Peyton Skipwith

Peyton Skipwith is an independent fine art consultant and Brian Webb is a designer and lecturer. Together, they are the authors of Edward Bawden’s London (2011) and numerous other publications on British design including books featuring the work of Eric Ravilious, Paul and John Nash, David Gentleman, Peter Blake and the Curwen Press.

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