Henry Darger

by Klaua Biesenbach

Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous soldiers all appear in Darger's scenes, which are reproduced in this book in double-page and gatefold spreads. In the volume's introductory essay,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791358669
• ISBN13: 9783791358666
• Release Date: January 2079
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages