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Title:

Henry Darger / edited with an introduction by Klaus Biesenbach ; contributions by Brooke Davis Anderson, Michael Bonesteel and Carl Watson ; with Henry Darger's The history of my life.

Publisher:

In cooperation with the American Folk Art Museum,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

319 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 x 34 cm.

Subject:

Darger, Henry,--1892-1972.
Darger, Henry,--1892-1972--Themes, motives.
Outsider art--United States.
Artists--Chicago--Chicago--Biography.

Other Authors:

Biesenbach, Klaus.
Anderson, Brooke Davis.
Bonesteel, Michael.
Watson, Carl.
Darger, Henry, 1892-1972.
Darger, Henry, 1892-1972. History of my life.

Notes:

Includes folded pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Excerpt from Girls on the run / John Ashbery -- Introduction: American innocence / Klaus Biesenbach -- The art of Henry Darger -- Sources and drawings : a portfolio -- An artist's studio at 851 Webster Avenue / Brooke Davis Anderson -- Plates -- The life of Henry Darger -- Henry Darger's great crusade, crisis of faith, and last judgment / Michael Bonesteel -- The metaphysics of wreckage : introduction to the autobiography of Henry Darger / Carl Watson -- The history of my life / Henry Darger.

Summary:

An authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at American master Henry Darger (1892-1972). Presents his art and an exploration of his complex role in the art of our time.

ISBN:

379134210X
9783791342108

OCLC:

(OCoLC)351307393

LCCN:

2009928138

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)