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Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy

Blue Rider Press, New York, 2014

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Anno di pubblicazione
2014
ISBN
9780399169441
Pagine
ing
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Blue Rider Press, New York
Soggetto
Photography
Descrizione
rigida
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Italiano
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Rilegato

Descrizione

<b>Welcome to Victorian taxidermist Walter Potter&#8217;s fantasy world of rabbit schoolchildren, cigar-smoking squirrels and exemplary feline etiquette in <i>Walter Potter&#8217;s Curious World of Taxidermy&#8230; </i></b><br>&#160;<br>Walter Potter (1835&#8211;1918), a British country taxidermist of no great expertise, built anthropomorphic taxidermy tableaux that became famous icons of Victorian whimsy, including his masterpiece <i>The Death & Burial of Cock Robin</i>. His tiny museum in Bramber, Sussex, was crammed full of multi-legged kittens, two-headed lambs, and a bewildering assortment of curios. Potter&#8217;s inspired and beguiling tableaux found many fans in the contemporary art world: it was reported that a &#163;1M bid by Damien Hirst to keep the collection intact was refused when the museum finally closed. Here, perhaps for the last time, many important pieces from the collection are showcased and celebrated with new photographs of Potter&#8217;s best-loved works. Darkly witty and affecting, <i>Walter Potter&#8217;s Curious World of Taxidermy </i>makes a charming, whimsical (and yes, slightly morbid) gift. — Testi: Morris Pat, Ebenstein Joanna. pagg. ing; rileg. rigida. Editore: Blue Rider Press, New York, 2014.