Robert Crumb Sketchbook Hc Vol 04 (Of 6) 1982-1989 New Ptg (04/09/2025) Taschen America L.L.C.

ROBERT CRUMB SKETCHBOOK HC VOL 04 (OF 6) 1982-1989 NEW PTG (
(A) Crumb, Robert (C) Crumb, Robert
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Combining volumes 7 and 8 from the first boxed set (confusing- we know)- it spans the years 1982 to 1989- a period when the artist was comfortably ensconced in rural California- raising his young daughter Sophie- who appears throughout this volume. But Crumb was still Crumb- declaring in one drawing- above a lovingly rendered tree- 'As I get older I get more twisted- convoluted- depraved- cynical- embittered- self-centered- jaded- debauched- ruthless- greedy- conceited- set-in-my-ways- long-winded- absent-minded- prejudiced- closed-minded- misanthropic- nervous…' To prove this self-flagellating analysis he fills the pages with his signature perversions (in country settings)- scathing social commentary- cruel self-portraits- experimental cubism… and some lovely sylvan landscape. His mastery of the Rapidograph pen is at its zenith here in his 40s;