Lee Sam - Maggi Hambling Nightingale Night - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Maggi Hambling has over time responded to the sound of song in her work consistently capturing it in gold against a black ground to date her diverse subjects have included the singers Leonard Cohen Nick Cave P J Harvey and Will Young. More recently and following a night spent in the Sussex wilderness in the company of folk singer Sam Lee listening to the song of the nightingale the artist embarked on a new series of paintings capturing the song of this small migratory songbird. James Cahill's text places Hambling's striking new nightingale series in context and considers the long history of the nightingale which has been celebrated by writers poets artists and musicians for thousands of years. Distributed for Pallant House Gallery
Title: Maggi Hambling Nightingale Night
Author(s): Lee Sam
Publisher: Pallant House Gallery Trust
Barcode: 9781869827663
Pages: 96 Pages, 40 Color + B-W Illus
Publication Date: 2/25/2025
Category: Gender Studies: Women