Ultimate Ville Vallgren: 1855-1940, Ateneum Art Museum, 2003, Sc, Nf. Kit [fM1dKVWg]

Sinisalo, Soili, et al. Helsinki: Ateneum Art Museum, 2003.

English, Near Fine, SC, 4to, 10" x 8 1/2", [8]163 pp.

ISBN: 9515325374

Yellow pictorial gatefold softcover, featuring wrap around detail of Finnish sculptor, Ville Vallgren's 1886-87 sculpture "Echo", minor wear and soiling, otherwise, clean, crisp, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. [8] 163 pp. Includes black-and-white and full-color images of Ville Vallgren in life and at work, and of his sculptures, Foreword by Soili Sinisalo, essays by Marja Supinen, Eeva-Maija Viljo, Liisa Lindgren, Timeline and essay "Ville Vallgren 1855-1940" by Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse, List of Works, Expography and Bibliography by Irmeli Isomaki, Photographers and Picture Archives, and Index of the Illustrated Works. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Ateneum Art Museum from September 12, 2003 to January 11, 2004. From the back panel: "Cinerary urns, lachrymatories and statuettes of flower girls became his trademark. In them he brought together in his own inimitable fashion the bittersweetness of life, its ephemerality and its spectrum of tastes and sensations...The catalogue represents a unique source for admirers of Ville Vallgren's work and is an invaluable mine of information for art and art-history professionals."