Benjamin Constant: Marvels and Mirages of Orientalism Hardcover Book by Les Éditions Hazan (2014) - Perfect for Art Collectors & Orientalism Enthusiasts

Bondil, Nathalie, et al. Paris: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Les Éditions Hazan, 2014. 

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 1/2" x 11 3/4", [19] 400  pp.

ISBN: 9780300210897

White pictorial paper over board, featuring Jean-Joseph Bejamin-Constant's 1879 artwork "Evening on the Terrace (Morocco)" to front panel, 1879 artwork "Entry of the Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople on May 29, 1453" to back panel, white lettering to front panel, gilt lettering to back panel and spine, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. [19] 400 pp. Includes more than 500 illustrations, notes from Partners, Foreword by Nathalie Bondil and Axel Hemery, three sections: "The Allure of History Painting," "Experiencing and Imagining the East, from Spain to Morocco," and "The Life of an Artist," Appendices with List of Illustrations, Bibliography, and Index of Names. Essays from Valerie Behiery, Janet M. Brooke, Jordi A Carbonell, Regine Cardis, Christopher Carlsmith, Dominique De Font-Reaulx, Florence Hudowicz, Ingrid Leduc, Dominique Lobstein, Samuel Montiege, Christine Peltre, Stephanie Prenant, Frances M. Quilez I Corella, Christelle Taraud, and Francois De Vergnette. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name first at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse from October 4, 2014 to January 4, 2015, then to The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from January 31 to May 31, 2015. From back panel: "Lavishly illustrated, this first monograph on the work of Benjamin-Constant brings together an international team of leading specialists to consider hitherto unpublished research on the life of a famous yet little-known artist, in his studio and at the Salon, from the Académie des Beaux-Arts to the circles of foreign collectors."