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OUTSIDER ART
Cardinal, Roger. London: Studio Vista, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt Stamped Cloth. Art History Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 192pp, profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is Roger Cardinal's groundbreaking 1972 survey of art produced over the preceding Century by the mentally ill and outliers of various stripes. He gave the name for their creations "Outsider Art" - the term that is now commonplace for this genre fifty years later. A number of the artists celebrated here received their first scholarly recognition in these pages. These include Aloise (Corbaz), Karl Brendel (Genzel), Gaston Chaissac, Ferdinand Cheval, Joseph Crepin, Jules Dou, Madge Gill, August Klotz, Johann (Knupfer) Knopf, Augustin Lesage, Peter Moog, Heinrich Anton Muller, August Neter (Natterer),Simon Rodia, Clarence Schmidt, Friedrich Schroder-Sonnenstern, Scottie Wilson (Louis Freeman), and Adolf Wolfli. An internally bright, handsome example of the uncommon 1972 first Studio Vista hardbound edition of this landmark survey lacking its dust jacket showing some mild foxing along the top edge of the textblock along with a bit of wear and rubbing to the cloth of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. 0-289-70168-6 Inventory Number: 027069
