{"product_id":"our-art-4-ons-kuns-4-werth-harmsen-1993","title":"Our Art 4 \/ Ons Kuns 4 by Albert Werth \u0026 Frieda Harmsen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Art 4 \/ Ons Kuns 4 (Bilingual Illustrated Survey of South African Art)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Richly Illustrated Bilingual Survey of Twenty-Five Distinguished South African Artists, Fourth in the Our Art Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Our Art 4 \/ Ons Kuns 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Albert Werth \u0026amp; Frieda Harmsen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riena van Graan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foundation for Education, Science and Technology (Stigting vir Onderwys, Wetenskap en Tegnologie), Pretoria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1993\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780797028326\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0797028323\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, with a black spine carrying a small photographic panel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large-format softcover (approximately A4), richly illustrated with colour reproductions of artworks. Bilingual English and Afrikaans text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English and Afrikaans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy illustrated collage wrappers are attractive and intact on both front and back. The black spine is intact. There is a slight curve to the lower edge of the front cover. No obvious damage to the corners or edges.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The title page and copyright page are clean, with no marks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Art 4 \/ Ons Kuns 4, published in Pretoria in 1993 by the Foundation for Education, Science and Technology, is the fourth volume in the Our Art \/ Ons Kuns series. It was compiled by Albert Werth and Frieda Harmsen, with Riena van Graan as editor, and is presented in parallel English and Afrikaans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume surveys the work and achievements of twenty-five distinguished South African artists, illustrated in full colour reproductions of their best work. It offers a snapshot of how South African art was understood and presented in the early 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is cited as a reference in art-historical and heritage research, including in documentation of a Pretoria chapel, and has proved its worth as a documentary source. It is a useful reference for collectors and students of South African painting and the visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Albert Werth and Frieda Harmsen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbert Werth was the director of the Pretoria Art Museum and is described as its founder and first curator. His 1973 doctoral thesis at the University of Pretoria dealt with primitivism in South African art, and in 1985 he published extracts of the Schutte Commission report on the visual arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrieda Harmsen is a South African art historian who studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and the Courtauld Institute, lectured at UNISA and edited the department's journal De Arte. Her other works include Looking at South African Art (Van Schaik, 1985) and Maud Sumner: Painter and Poet (Van Schaik, 1992), and she edited Cecil Skotnes (1996).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Art 4 Ons Kuns 4 · South African art book 1993 · Albert Werth Frieda Harmsen · bilingual South African art survey · Ons Kuns Afrikaans English art book · South African painters colour plates · Pretoria Art Museum Albert Werth\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Foundation for Education, Science and Technology (Stigting vir Onderwys, Wetenskap en Tegnologie)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58762836771119,"sku":"TCB-000088","price":100.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0458\/5524\/4438\/files\/our-art-4-ons-kuns-471855_cover_1.jpg?v=1793516816","url":"https:\/\/timeless-collectible-books.com\/products\/our-art-4-ons-kuns-4-werth-harmsen-1993","provider":"Timeless Collectible Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}