Madness & art : the life and works of Adolf Wölfli

Author(s)

• Morgenthaler, Walter
• Esman, Aaron H.
• Spoerri, Elka

Bibliographic Information

Madness & art : the life and works of Adolf Wölfli

by Walter Morgenthaler ; translated and with an introduction and notes by Aaron H. Esman in collaboration with Elka Spoerri

（Texts and contexts, v. 3）

University of Nebraska Press, c1992

Other Title

Geisteskranker als Künstler

Madness and art

Note

Translation of: Geisteskranker als Künstler

"First English-language edition"--Jacket

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-127) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"Morgenthaler's exceptionally sensitive report...is a milestone in both the history of art and the history of medicine." - "L.A. Weekly".

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA32009687
• ISBN:
  • 0803231563
• LCCN: 91046761
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Lincoln
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 131 p., [24] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : N7153.W63
  • DC20 : 741/.092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wölfli, Adolf, b. 1864
  • LCSH : Mentally handicapped artists -- Switzerland -- Biography
  • LCSH : Art brut -- Switzerland
  • LCSH : Genius and mental illness -- Switzerland
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1832625X