Eighteenth Century Accentric Furniture

(San Francisco): (Jehu Gallery), 1978. First Edition. Quarto in slip-fold plastic strip binding and folded pale grey paper folio; 22 unpaged leaves. Chiefly b&w hand-drawn illustrations of furniture pieces, with titles. Two b&w architecture rendering photos, also by Schwartz, of a high-altitude mountain structure (home?) laid in at rear. Near fine with minor wear. Paperback.

Rare. No copies found in WorldCat. Colophon states 50 copies only. "Robert Schwartz (1947-2000) was a San Francisco-based artist celebrated for his singular vision and technical virtuosity. He is best known for an extensive series of exquisitely painted miniatures, in gouache and in oil. Writing for artnet, Donald Kuspit called these miniatures “postmodern narratives...for connoisseurs” in which “everything exists in the full light of consciousness.” But in his drive to probe the heart of the matter Schwartz pursued the mastery of multiple techniques. This enabled him to exhibit work in a prodigious suite of media and formats and to leave behind a legacy that is as diverse as it is thought provoking and profound. The Hackett Mill Gallery, in San Francisco, currently represents Schwartz's work. Dream Games: The Art of Robert Schwartz, by Susan Landauer and Barry Schwabsky, was published in connection with an exhibition of the same name at the San Jose Museum of Art. It contains more than 100 illustrations and is available through Amazon.com as well as other online booksellers. Eighteenth Century Accentric Furniture. ... "—https://robertschwartzestate.com