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Gurari Collections, 2000. Wraps, 34 pp.; 17 x 24 cm (oblong); reproductions of watercolors in sepia, sanguine, gray and color, with cover and back cover images and a black-and-white photograph of the artist. With introductions by Adele Chatfield-Taylor and by Richard Leacock and Valerie Lalonde.
In Very Good condition. Cream textured illustrated paper covers with French flaps, glued binding; front cover reproducing Artin's gray watercolor of a classical head with title lettering, rear cover with a watercolor of an umbrella pine above a Roman ruin and the gallery address. Mild shelf wear and edgewear to covers with light scuffing, a hint of soiling, and a small brown spot at lower edge of rear cover. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Exhibition catalogue for Wendy Artin's October-November 2000 show at Gurari Collections, Boston. Includes watercolors of antique sculpture (a reclining river god, draped figures, and four heads in sanguine), views of Rome including Piazza del Popolo and the Forum, a palm, quick sanguine studies of the figure, and color studies of beets and a squash from the Campo de' Fiori market. Adele Chatfield-Taylor, President of the American Academy in Rome, writes on Artin's working method in the city and her handmade papers of banana and jute; the documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock and Valerie Lalonde contribute a short appreciation. Includes a photograph of Artin in her studio at the American Academy in Rome, 2000. Artin, a Boston-born painter based in Rome, later illustrated the Arion Press edition of Seamus Heaney's "Stone from Delphi" (2012) and received the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art's Arthur Ross Award in 2023.