{"product_id":"art-beauty-drawings-by-r-crumb-9798875000720","title":"Art \u0026 Beauty: Drawings by R. Crumb","description":"\u003cem\u003eArt \u0026amp; Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is at once a satirical take on aesthetics and a continued exploration of Crumb's subversion of sexuality and mainstream values. Drawings of women in positions ranging from lascivious to modest or mid-sport are accompanied by quotations from artists like Leonardo da Vinci, George Grosz, William de Kooning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Harvey Kurtzman. Mining his own obsessions and fantasies, Crumb reimagines the history of art, challenging notions of beauty, along with society's mores and expectations of propriety around the female form. The images appeal to a mostly erotic sensibility, which in turn is undercut by the inclusion of sometimes ironic and frequently philosophical prose. The images drag philosophy back down to earth, while the writing challenges the pure eroticism of Crumb's drawings. \u003cp\u003ePresenting all three issues of the series in one book, \u003cem\u003eArt \u0026amp; Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is arranged chronologically, from the earliest images in the 1990s to drawings completed in 2016. Paul Morris, longtime gallerist and supporter of Crumb's practice, writes an introduction that contextualizes this body of work and the artist's career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Crumb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 7.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798875000720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumb, R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Philadelphia, \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Crumb\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of America's most celebrated artists. Thrust reluctantly into fame as a defining voice of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture with comic strips like \u003cem\u003eFritz the Cat, Mr. Natural\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKeep on Truckin'\u003c\/em\u003e, then again in the 1990s with the acclaimed documentary \u003cem\u003eCrumb\u003c\/em\u003e and more recently the 2025 biography \u003cem\u003eCrumb: A Cartoonist's Life\u003c\/em\u003e, he continues to push himself and his chosen medium from his home in the south of France.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"R. Crumb \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47876552032413,"sku":"9798875000720","price":47.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_d3031e81-bfca-4d90-b356-c1fb7e352479.jpg?v=1777381499","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/art-beauty-drawings-by-r-crumb-9798875000720","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}