Portrait of the Artist, Running

Portrait of the Artist, Running

Text by Daniel Bennett Schwartz
Photographs by David Finn

A fascinating look at the artist's most important and thought-provoking painting. Containing numerous details of the work, taken by renowned photographer, David Finn, the book sheds light on the thought processes and techniques of an extraordinarily talented artist, who spent fifteen years completing this single painting. An acute observer with a passion for the classic human form, Schwartz's painting is timeless and unaffected by the changes that buffet contemporary art. Daniel Bennett Schwartz resides in New York City.

Book Details

  • March 2005

  • Pages: 132

  • Photographs: 80 color

  • Size: 10" x 10"

  • Item #: 1-932646-11-6 paper

  • Item #: 1-932646-12-4 cloth

  • Price: $18.95; $30.00

Contact

For more information, please contact:

Susan Slack
Vice President, Ruder Finn Press

301 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022

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