Rolf Nesch: The Complete Graphic Works
By (Author) Sidsel Helliesen
By (author) Bodil Sorensen
Skira
Skira
10th December 2009
Italy
General
Non Fiction
Graphic design
Individual artists, art monographs
760.092
Hardback
520
Width 237mm, Height 280mm
3680g
The only extensive survey of Nesch's printed work, this long awaited book will be conductive to a broad dissemination of knowledge of this outstanding printmakers work. Rolf Nesch (1893-1975) is recognized as the inventor of the so-called metal print technique and his graphic work is acknowledged by a specialized audience. Works by Nesch can be found in museums in Stuttgard, Hamburg, London (British Museum), New York (MoMA), Oslo - just to mention some. His graphic activity spanned more than fifty years, and his recorded production comprises 860 works, a number of which have not previously been accessible to the public. The publication of a catalogue will allow everyone to see the quality of his entire graphic work and the chronology will reveal its historical importance.
This long-awaited book is the only extensive survey of Nesch's outstanding printed work.
Sidsel Helliesen is senior researcher at the National Museum, Oslo, and was head of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery, Norway. Bodil Srensen is senior curator at the National Museum, Oslo, and was curator of Department of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery, Norway.