{"product_id":"j-zef-czapski-eric-karpeles-9780500023044","title":"Jef Czapski: An Apprenticeship of Looking","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis stunning monograph, a long-overdue critical appraisal of Polish artist Jo zef Czapski arrives at a moment when the artist's legacy is gaining new recognition. Within these pages, author Eric Karpeles conveys how making art was so enmeshed with Czapski's way of seeing and being in the world that it was second nature. Given that he lived into his ninety-seventh year, it's no surprise that the artist has works dating from every decade of the twentieth century but the first. As witness to the tumultuous events of that century, he found in painting \"a refuge and a salvation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProlific as a painter, he was equally disciplined in recording the events of his life in pencil, ink, and watercolor in his journals. At a time when abstract art tended to dominate aesthetic discourse, he preferred to observe the world around him, to portray people going about their daily business. Some of his most compelling works depict theatergoers and art lovers doing what they do best--looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Karpeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500023042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500023044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 9.80w x 1.10d","brand":"Eric Karpeles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980982649087,"sku":"9780500023044","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_690bdec3-ca0d-45fc-b617-04513c247c41.jpg?v=1683253019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/j-zef-czapski-eric-karpeles-9780500023044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}