Boehm Porcelain Figurines - Animals Birds (735 ea. Photos) / Oversize Heavy Book

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THE PORCELAIN ART OF EDWARD MARSHALL BOEHM
.   By Reese Palley , Harrison House, NY, 1976.
645 black-and-white illustrations, 89 color tipped in photographs, porcelain maker’s marks, inventory of Boehm catalog numbers, and an extremely rich narrative combine to make this early out-of-print book the leading authoritative guide to  Boehm figurines.
This early book is a master work and a collector’s item in itself.   "The magical formal purity of Edward Marshall Boehm's porcelains ranks him with such masters of realism as Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth.  His extraordinary insight and devoted study of nature is like Audubon's.  His technical wizardry is incomparable."  This definitive volume on the great American artist and the Boehm Studios was authored by Reese Palley, a noted art dealer and long-time friend of Boehm.  This comprehensive pictorial catalog includes Palley's  "new system of numbering (with a key to the old system), which will soon become indispensable to collectors.  A glossary of terms and a guide to Boehm makersmarks are also of great value.  A twenty-picture sequence with step-by-step descriptions shows Edward Marshall Boehm making a complex porcelain sculpture, from initial sketching from life, through the molding, painting, and firing, to the finished masterpiece.
Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, this early text includes the following catalog plate categories:
Works by Edward Marshall Boehm
:  The Dogs; The Cats; The Horses; Livestock; Wildlife; Religious Subjects; Promotional Pieces; Figurines; Useful accessories; Decorative Accessories; The Birds of Boehm; Miscellaneous Works.
Works by the Boehm Studios
:  Birds; Paintings on Porcelain; One-of-a-Kind Paintings; Porcelain Paintings in the Round; Malvern Animals; Malvern Figures; Malvern Flowers; Malvern Birds.
Oversize / heavy 11.8" x 11" hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  312 pages.
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