An edition of Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (1899)

The unknown masterpiece

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An edition of Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (1899)

The unknown masterpiece

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  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
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  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

"One of Balzac's most celebrated tales, The Unknown Masterpiece is the story of a painter who, depending on one's perspective, is either an abject failure or a transcendental genius - or both. This work, which has served as an inspiration to artists as various as Cezanne, Henry James, Picasso, and New Wave film director Jacques Rivette, is, in critic Dore Ashton's words, a "fable of modern art."".

"Published here in an outstanding new translation by the poet Richard Howard, The Unknown Masterpiece appears, as Balzac intended, with Gambara, a grotesque and tragic novella about a composer undone by his dreams."--BOOK JACKET.

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Creative Arts Book Co.
Language
English
Pages
57

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Subjects
Fiction, Painters, Artistic masterpiece in fiction, Painters in fiction, Artistic Masterpiece, Poussin, Nicolas, in fiction, France in fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), France, fiction
People
Nicolas Poussin (1594?-1665)
Places
France

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The Unknown Masterpiece
December 8, 2005, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Paperback in English
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The unknown masterpiece: and, Gambara
2001, New York Review Books
in English
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The Unknown Masterpiece: Signed Limited Edition of 50 Copies with Original Paintings Used for the Binding
1996, Enitharmon Press
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The unknown masterpiece
1993, Pacific Editions
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The unknown masterpiece
1993, Pacific Editions
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The unknown masterpiece
1984, Creative Arts Book Co.
in English
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The unknown masterpiece
1984, Creative Arts Book Co.
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The unknown masterpiece =: Le chef d'oeuvre inconnu : and other stories
1901, Macmillan
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Cover of: The unknown masterpiece
The unknown masterpiece
1899, Caxton Pub. Co.
in English - Caxton ed
Cover of: The unknown masterpiece
The unknown masterpiece
1899, Caxton Pub. Co.
in English - Caxton ed

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
843/.7
Library of Congress
PQ2163.C4 E5 1984

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Pagination
ix, 57 p. :
Number of pages
57

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Open Library
OL23353994M
ISBN 10
0916870553
LCCN
82073423
OCLC/WorldCat
10515188
Library Thing
644062
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3813932

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