Mr Whistlers Ten O Clock James McNeill Whistler 1907 edition Victorian lecture on art Limited Edition Alderbrink outlet Press

Mr Whistlers Ten O Clock James McNeill Whistler 1907 First edition Victorian lecture on art Limited Edition

An excellent limited edition copy of James Whistler's lecture on outlet the purpose of art, and the philosophy of "art for art's sake". Limited edition copy with glassine cover, limited to three hundred copies. Printed on English hand made paper. Limited to 300 copies.

Chicago: Alderbrink Press.

Book in Mint Condition with original glassine cover dust jacket also Mint.
Hardcover. Printed on English hand made paper, limited to 300 copies.
All page edges double lined in red. 52 pp.
All leaves uncut & unopened.
White cloth spine & tan boards.
Gilt spine & front cover lettering.
Perfect in every way.

On 20 Feb 1885, James McNeill Whistler gave his “10 O'Clock” lecture, Piccadilly, London, attacking social use of art.

The first book by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, an American artist based primarily in the UK, working during the "Gilded Age" in America. Hailed by Oscar Wilde as a 'masterpiece', Whistler's text serves as a major expression of his belief in the theory "art for art's sake". Opposed to the predominant Victorian notion that art must serve a social or moral function, within this lecture Whistler proposed that art should rather exist for its own end, and not attempt to moralize. Whistler repeatedly applied this belief to his own paintings, and has often been heralded as the leading proponent of this artistic philosophy.

This would make an excellent gift for the lover of art and artists.

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