On My Painting

Madras & NY: Hanuman Books, 1988. 125pp; color frontis. 16mo. Plain pink cloth; dust jacket. A few minor spots of soiling to boards, else fine.

Scarce hardcover issue of collection of texts on his creative practice by German artist Max Beckmann (1884-1950). Compiled and with a brief introduction by George Scrivani; translator unacknowledged. No. 20 of 50 titles in the diminutive Hanuman Books series published and edited by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente.