Picture 1 of 1
Gallery
Picture 1 of 1
Have one to sell?
Louis Wain's Cats By Chris Beetles
US $20.32
ApproximatelyS$ 26.08
Condition:
Very Good
A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
Out of Stock2 sold
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
Free USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: MD, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Sat, 16 Aug and Fri, 22 Aug to 94104
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Shop with confidence
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:335880451047
Item specifics
- Condition
- Title
- Louis Wain's Cats
- ISBN
- 9781849310260
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Worth Press The Limited
ISBN-10
1849310262
ISBN-13
9781849310260
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102871767
Product Key Features
Book Title
Louis Wain's Cats
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / Artists' Books, Individual Artists / General, Cats / General, Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Pets, Art, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
53.6 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
741.092
Synopsis
The author Chris Beetles has been the main populiser of Wain's art and has staged exhibitions since 1983. A full book list of Wain's published work completes this valuable and indispensable work which will appeal to both specialist collector and cat enthusiast alike., With more than 300 superlative colour images, many shown for the first time ever, which are brought to life by the lucid narrative of Chris Beetles, the leading authority on Louis Wain. This new book comprises a comprehensive survey of the life and work of one of the best known cat artists of the Victorian and Edwardian period, including a new biography, and catalogue raisonne of Louis Wain's Lucky Futurist Mascots: his unique ceramic creations. The first 1000 copies of this first edition will be signed and numbered by Chris Beetles.", The first comprehensive exhibition of Wain's work was held at the Victoria and Albert museum in London in 1972 and since then Louis Wain has steadily become more fashionable, and collected worldwide. This new biography will show many images for the first time ever, amongst 300 plates of richness and variety, all of which are originated faithfully from the original artwork.Louis Wain who was born in 1860, was a shy and eccentric personality who became famous by the age of 40 and at his most productive, painted 600 cat pictures a year, and published his celebrated Louis Wain Annuals between 1901 and 1914. His financial difficulties, post war, contributed to a rapid decline into schizophrenia as Wain became isolated and unmanageable. In 1924 he was certified insane and admitted to Springfield hospital. Briefly forgotten he was discovered in this pauper's asylum a year later and following an appeal involving many writers and artists, and the intervention of the Prime Minister himself, he was transferred to the new Napsbury hospital, in the Hertfordshire countryside. In these pleasant surroundings he lived on until 1935, painting ceaselessly and recreating a new and more colorful cat world.His later unpublished work is now well known to us as it reveals his schizophrenic illness: highly coloured cats become more frenzied and the pictures are often crammed with paranoid delusional writing: cats are angry and more frenetic and often in the background are the curious buildings of the mental asylums. But at times these pictures reveal a beautiful tranquility with animals living in harmony in bright utopian landscapes., Louis Wain invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world, this new biography includes 300 plates many of which are shown for the first time ever.
Item description from the seller
Seller business information
VAT number: GB 724498118
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (545,094)
This item (1)
All items (545,094)
- i***e (15358)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBeautiful book, quick post & well packed, thanks so much
- 1***d (1226)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat book
- 5***y (551)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived on time and in good condition! All photos are black and white.
- l***u (313)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (545,094)
This item (1)
All items (545,094)
- i***e (15358)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBeautiful book, quick post & well packed, thanks so much
- 1***d (1226)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat book
- 5***y (551)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived on time and in good condition! All photos are black and white.
- l***u (313)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat