Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks, Meryle Secrest

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Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks, Meryle Secrest. Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1974. 8vo up to 9½” tall., xiv + 432pp. with 10 colour illustrations, and 36 black and white photographs. Quarter black cloth over olive boards, silver spine titles; tail edge speckled. Contents in fine, unmarked condition; light age toning to board edges; unclipped jacket has light shelf wear. Romaine Brooks (1874- 1970) was an American painter who worked mostly in Paris and Capri. She specialized in portraiture and used a subdued palette dominated by the color gray and considered part of the Symbolist and Aesthetic movements of the 19th century. Her subjects ranged from anonymous models to titled aristocrats. She is best known for her images of women in androgynous or masculine dress

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