Borough Satyr
Authored by: Various Contributors
Published by: Fulgur Press
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.
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
Bibliography
All Editions
Publication date: 2005.
Contributors
Edited by: Robert Ansell
Physical Description
Dimensions: Landscape quarto format, 240 x 295 mm.
Paperback Edition
Original price: £29.50
Number of Copies Printed: Limited to 961 copies.
Physical Description
Page Count: 96 pages.
Illustrative content: 74 colour illustrations.
Other physical details: Hand-numbered copies.
Hardback Edition
Original price: £58
Number of Copies Printed: Limited to 500 copies.
Physical Description
Page Count: 96 pages.
Illustrative content: 74 colour illustrations.
Other physical details: Hand-numbered copies.
Binding
Binding: Cloth bound.
Hors Commerce Edition
Number of Copies Printed: Limited to 11 copies.
Physical Description
Page Count: 96 pages.
Illustrative content: 60 full colour, 16 black and white.
Other physical details: Signed by Kenneth and Steffi Grant.
Binding
Binding: Hardbound in full black morocco, top edge silver. Issued with a dust-jacket and a slipcase.
