Eduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler catalogue raisonnes With the aid of over

With the aid of over 260 superb illustrations and the advantage of privileged access to unpublished material from the artist's archives

A number of them were purchased by Douglas Duncan and later acquired by public galleries

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we hung on with every finger a fishhook as the foaming water rose up to our knees

Confronting the challenge of producing an accurate likeness of a historical figure whose reign preceded the age of photography these paintings metaphorically chronicle the life of Napoleon using only the image of his face

Eduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler catalogue raisonnes With the aid of overEduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler 4to. pp. 152. English & German text. profusely illustrated. biography. hardcover. [Zurich]: Scheidegger & Spiess, [2010]. ISBN 10: 3858813036 ISBN 13: 9783858813039 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini (18521931) lived an extraordinary life. Born the