(SIGNED AUTHOR COPY) RUTH TUCK: ‘Music in Image … Australian Concert Halls’

by Mark Smith, Ruth Tuck

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First edition · Signed

RUTH TUCK (artist), MARK SMITH (text) MUSIC IN IMAGE: Artists travelling around the world. Sketches from Australian concert halls. German title: ‘MUSIKER-IMPRESSIONEN’. Published by Dr. Wolfgang Schwarze, Wuppertal, 1981 (1st edition). SIGNED and personally inscribed by Ruth Tuck to Mark Smith: “To Mark - with many thanks for all your work. Ruth Tuck” UNIQUE PRESENTATION COPY: A unique presentation copy linking the artist directly with the author of the accompanying text, expressly acknowledging his contribution to the book. Oblong quarto hardcover with pictorial boards and dust jacket; 94 pages, illustrated throughout with black-and-white drawings. Text in German and English, with German translations by Uta Henning. Expressive sketches of musicians, conductors and ensembles performing in Australian concert halls, including Adelaide Festival Theatre. Ruth Tuck (1914-2008) was a South Australian modernist painter and influential art teacher, known for her watercolours and for founding the Ruth Tuck Art School for children. FREE LOCAL PICKUP in Adelaide.

• Publisher: Dr. Wolfgang Schwarze.
• Year: 1981
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 3877410804
• Condition: Good

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