First edition. Hardcover issue. Signed by Frank Auerbach. Publisher's original grey boards with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Ilustrated in colour througout. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the extremities. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears.
Signed by Frank Auerbach in black ink to the reverse of the front endpaper (opposite his striking black and white portrait photograph). Issued to accompany a retrospective of Auerbach's work at Tate Britain (9 October 2015 – 13 March 2016) and the Bonn Kunstmuseum. Published simultaneously in paperback and hardback, the hardcover issue is uncommon and scarce signed by the artist.
Stock code: 23472
£375