Visions of a republic : the work of Lucien Henry . Paris – Noumea – Sydney. (Hardcover edition)

A$70 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Sydney : Powerhouse Publishing, 2001. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket, illustrated endpapers, pp. 240, extensively illustrated, presentation inscription to half-title. Presents the extraordinary and little-known work of French-Australian artist Lucien Henry (1850-1896), whose vision for an Australian school of decorative arts and design was developed in the period leading up to Australian federation. It places Henry s project for an Australian Decorative Arts in the wider context of other architectural, botanical, design and public-education projects from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Trove

• Binding: Hardcover

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