Janet Dunbar — Laura Knight

London, Collins, 1975. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography of Laura Knight by Janet Dunbar enclosed in its original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. A scarce copy. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Biography of English artist Laura Knight, painter in the figurative, realist tradition who worked with oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. She was among the most successful and popular painters in 20th century Britain, paving the way for greater status and recognition for women artists.Written by Janet Dunbar. Featuring photographic plates in black and white. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, undated. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with light wear, minor closed tear to front wrap tape repaired internally, not affecting the externals. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.