Brazilian painter's oeuvre 1970-2005 with artist dedication

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Michael Francis Gibson and Daniel Piza. BONFANTI; MONOGRAPHIE 1970-2005. Moudon, Acatos, 2005. French/English/Portuguese. 25.6 x 31.8 cm, 390 pp. Illustrated boards and dust jacket. Comprehensive monograph spanning six artistic periods of Brazilian painter Gianguido BONFANTI, featuring 227 reproductions (11 folding pages), 180 full-page illustrations. Includes Self-Portrait series (2002-2005): 28 oil and Chinese ink works; eight studio portraits in black and white. Multiple techniques documented: gouache, oil, dry pastel, Chinese ink, etching, drypoint, mezzotint, aquatint. Essays by Michael Francis Gibson ('The Prophetic Vocation of Painting') and Daniel Piza ('The Density of Beauty'). Chronology (São Paulo, 1948), 44 photographs, documents, exhibition history, bibliography, captions. Introduction by Jean-Paul Lefèvre. Fine condition, as new. Overseas shipping from France incurs additional fees.