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HENRY DARGER: THE UNREALITY OF BEING
(DARGER, HENRY). Prokopoff, Stephen S. & Nathan Lerner. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1996. First Edition. Oblong Narrow 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 18pp, 9 color illustrations + cover. This is the first American Museum exhibition catalogue devoted to the work of the reclusive Chicago outsider artist Henry Darger. Published by the University of Iowa Museum of Art in conjunction with the Museum of American Folk Art, this begins to illuminate the artist's tortured inner world that produced his epic "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion", and the hundreds of accompanying watercolors. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025384