The Art of Adolf Wolfli: St. Adolf-Giant Creation

by Edward M. Gomez, Elka Spoerri, Daniel Baumann

Despite being institutionalized for schizophrenia at age thirty-one, Adolf W?lfli (1864-1930) achieved artistic greatness in his cell at Waldau Mental Asylum near his native Bern, Switzerland. He has had a profound influence on modern art ever since; Andr? Breton described his work as "one of the three or four most important oeuvres of the twentieth century." The Art of Adolf W?lfli offers a fresh vantage point on the artist's remarkably...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691114986
• ISBN13: 9780691114989
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.8" x 12.3"