Writing on the body
Subtitle: Degas's words about drawing the figure
By: pastel & photogravures by Charles Hobson.
Contributors: Hobson, Charles, 1943-; Stauffacher, Jack Werner.; Pacific Editions.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Pacific Editions
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [San Francisco, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917 -- Technique.; Figure drawing -- Technique.; Human figure in art.
Notes: "Limited edition of 45 copies ... The text has been handset ... and printed ... by Jack Stauffacher at the Greenwood Press, San Francisco"--Colophon.
Modified accordion fold book contained in boards, attached at back inside cover. Issued in brown cloth slipcase imprinted with facsimile of Degas's handwriting; ink pen affixed to spine.
LC has copy no. 9, signed by the artist.