This week on FAD magazine we take a week-long look at art gifts for Christmas, We have asked some of our writers and art gallery friends to choose some great gifts, below are the choices of Shapero.
1 Renowned 20th C illustrator George Barbier’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, with incredible art deco illustrations
That Barbier would turn his attention to Les Liaisons Dangereuses‘ great novel of sexual intrigue was inevitable; he was even prepared to illustrate the text rather than use it as a point of departure for his own decorative compositions, as in other works. Though he did not neglect the opportunities for decorative treatment of setting and costume that the novel provided, he stuck to the narrative and presented all the big scenes in its intricate plot. In doing so, Barbier gives us the finest illustrations of the novel since Monnet and Gérard’s 1796 edition. £2000 BUY here
2 Lorna May Wadsworth’s limited edition signed print Good Icon, a portrait of American Gods author Neil Gaiman
Edition of 250 signed by Neil Gaiman in archival burnt orange acrylic pen. The artist has hand gilded the GOOD ICON title in 24 carat gold, and numbered and signed each print in pencil. £250 BUY here
3 Dr Seuss’s famous work The Cat in the Hat, first edition 1957
The first edition of the most famous of the works of Dr Seuss, introducing young readers in America (and not much long after, around the world) to the indubitably mischievous but not maliciously motivated ‘Cat in the Hat’,
£950 BUY here
4 Salvador Dali’s Surrealist Gastronomy
A quintessential example of Dalinian symbolism and surrealism, this photo-lithographed etching comes from the suite ‘Memories of Surrealism’, which consists of 12 hand-signed prints by Dali. £1850 BUY here
5 Peter Doig 100 Years Ago
Colour etching, 2000-2001, on paper, signed and numbered from the edition of 46, from the 100 Years Ago series, published by Other Criteria, London, 96.5 x 60.5cm. £15000 BUY here
