Book #14146

Still Looking: Essays on American Art - 1st Edition/1st Printing

John Updike
Book #14146 Still Looking: Essays on American Art - 1st Edition/1st Printing. John Updike.

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
ISBN: 1400044189

A wonderful first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dustjacket. This copy is signed by author John Updike directly on the title page.

America speaks through its artists. As Updike states in his introduction, “The dots can be connected from Copley to Pollock: the same tense engagement with materials, the same demand for a morality of representation, can be discerned in both." This collection of essays on American Art expounds on artists from Martin Johnson Heade, Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins to Arthur Dove, Elie Nadelman and Jackson Pollock ; 8vo; Signed by Author.

Price: $140.00

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Author Bio

John Updike

John Hoyer Updike (Mar. 18, 1932 - Jan. 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer and literary critic. Updike's most famous work is his Rabbit series with Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest receiving the Pulitzer Prize. Updike was widely recognized for his careful craftsmanship and prolific output, having published more than 20 novels and more than a dozen short story collections, as well as poetry, literary criticism and children's books.

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