Amazons in the Drawing Room. The Art of Romaine Brooks

[Romaine Brooks.] Whitney Chadwick with an essay by Joe Lucchesi.

Chameleon Books & University of California Press in association with the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Chesterfield. 2000. First edition. Hardback, square quarto; grey cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 128 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. English. 260 x 250mm. 0.85kg. 9780820225657. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; some light shelf wear to dust jacket with some yellowing to edges and spine, no inscriptions.

A monograph on the life and work of the American-born artist Romaine Brooks (1874-1970). Brooks spent the majority of her life living and working in Europe, including in Capri, London, St. Ives, Paris and Nice. She was the partner for several years of the Parisian expatriate Natalie Barney and was well-known in homosexual circles. Her portraits frequently depict women in androdgynous dress and sensual nudes. The dancer Ida Rubinstein was a muse. Amazons in the Drawing Room reproduces many of Brooks' paintings and drawings, accompanied by critical text. The hardback edition.