BOROUGH SATYR - The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare (Fulgur, 2005)
Hardback with dust-jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies, hand numbered. Includes Austin Osman Spare book-mark. Out of print. 24cm x 29.5cm. 96 pages. 60 colour illustrations , 16 black and white.
"Borough Satyr: The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare is the long awaited full colour introduction to the work of this astonishing London artist. Accompanying an exhibition at The Maas Gallery (15a Clifford Street, London, W1) the book contains a comprehensive collection of his art complemented by a biographical introduction, a checklist of his exhibitions and essays by those who knew Spare well throughout his life, including classic recollections from Hannen Swaffer, Clifford Bax, Kenneth and Steffi Grant, Hadyn Mackay, Ithell Colquhoun, John Smith and others. One of the key source texts for Phil Baker’s 2010 biography." - Fulgur Publishing.
CONTENTS:
Introduction – Robert Ansell
Boy Artist at the R.A. – Anonymous
Austin Osman Spare: A Note on His Work – Ralph Strauss
Symbology and Aesthetics in Relation to the Work of Austin O. Spare – Grace Rogers
Artist as Agent of the Unseen – Hannen Swaffer
Sex in Art – Clifford Bax
Spare and Southwark – John Smith
Psychic Artist Enables you to see Beethoven’s Fifth – Philip Paul
Appreciation – Kenneth Grant
Heaven and Earth: Portrait of a Magician – Ithell Colquhoun
Austin Osman Spare 1886-1956 – Hadyn Mackay
Introduction to Zos Speaks! – Steffi Grant
Illustrated and Exhibited Material
Public Collections
Acknowledgements
Further Reading
List of Major Exhibitions
Condition : Very Good / Near Fine. Book is unread and unmarked, including original release bookmark inserted inside. Light shelf-wear / edge-wear to jacket edges and some light rubbing to sheen of jacket covers.