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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> When Kathleen Epstein selected the 367 art works which she decided to give to Walsall and call ‘The Garman Ryan Collection’ she selected an inordinately large number of portraits. She also decided upon a thematic approach to the display of the collection. Of the eleven themes she chose there were two specifically on portraiture ‘Portraits of Adults’ and ‘Portraits of Children’. The collection on display at The New Art Gallery Walsall continues to maintain the original thematic display in galleries designed specifically for the collection. Many of the people in the portraits have a personal relationship with Kathleen and they lend a sense of memorial to the collection since by the time Kathleen was finalising the creation of the collection in the 1960s both her husband Jacob Epstein and two of their three children had died. However the eclectic nature of the diverse artworks on display ensures that this familial approach does not take over. The extraordinary diversity of the people portrayed the famous and the completely unknown creates both intimacy and internationalism. They range from the delicate portrait of Sisley’s young son. (LL)