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De László: A Brush with Grandeur PAPERBACK

192 pages, paperback, 280 x 245 mm, 130 illustrations
PRICE: £30.00
ISBN: 9781903470183

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-PUBLICATION ORDER (TO BE PUBLISHED APRIL 2010). This is the revised and updated edition of a book that originally accompanied the first retrospective exhibition of de László since his death in 1937, It illustrates a rich and representative selection of his work, drawn from a range of private collections, and, aided by stunning colour plates, and re-introduces this well-known but little studied artist to a wider public. Read more

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