Henry Darger
By: edited with an introduction by Klaus Biesenbach ; contributions by Brooke Davis Anderson, Michael Bonesteel and Carl Watson ; with Henry Darger's The history of my life
Contributors: Biesenbach, Klaus
Publisher: Prestel; American Folk Art Museum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Munich; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783791342108
Subjects: Outsider art; Themes, motives; Biography; Artists
Description: An authoritative, balanced, and insightful look at American master Henry Darger (1892-1972). Presents his art and an exploration of his complex role in the art of our time.
Notes: Includes folded pages.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317).
Table of contents: title: Excerpt from Girls on the run / John Ashbery; title: Introduction: American innocence / Klaus Biesenbach; title: The art of Henry Darger; title: Sources and drawings : a portfolio; title: An artist's studio at 851 Webster Avenue / Brooke Davis Anderson; title: Plates; title: The life of Henry Darger; title: Henry Darger's great crusade, crisis of faith, and last judgment / Michael Bonesteel; title: The metaphysics of wreckage : introduction to the autobiography of Henry Darger / Carl Watson; title: The history of my life / Henry Darger.