Attitudes

£2,500 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Fine. ‘Position, pose, orientation, aspect, stance, disposition, condition, posture’, so begins Susan Allix’s illustrated study of the history of human ‘attitudes’, taking quotes from Goethe, Ovid, Livy, Titian, Madame Vigee Lebrun and others as a starting off point for a wide ranging exploration of form.

• Year: 2024

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