EGYPTOLOGY — SCULPTURE — FECHHEIMER - Lot 113

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EGYPTOLOGY — SCULPTURE — FECHHEIMER - Lot 113
EGYPTOLOGY — SCULPTURE — FECHHEIMER FECHHEIMER (Hedwig). — Egyptian Sculpture. Translated by Charlotte Marchand. 168 reproductions. “L'Art de l'Orient” series. Paris, Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie, 21 rue Hautefeuille, 1920. Large quarto, 56 pp. of text and 168 photographic plates as inserts, publisher’s cardboard binding with pink cloth spine, gray-blue paper covers, large circular gilt vignette in the center of the front cover, blue title label on the spine, gilt title. French edition of the important work by the German Egyptologist and art historian Hedwig Fechheimer (1871–1942), *Die Plastik der Ägypter*. Although the volume bears no date on the title page, bibliographic references from the Louvre and several libraries list Paris, Crès, 1920. The work constitutes a remarkable study of ancient Egyptian sculpture, from the Old Kingdom through to later periods. Fechheimer approaches Egyptian statuary not merely as archaeological documentation, but as an art form in its own right, examining the construction of volumes, monumentality, representational conventions, and the stylistic evolution of pharaonic sculpture. The illustrations are particularly significant: 168 photographic reproductions in the appendix, featuring monuments, statues, statuettes, and sculptural ensembles from major European collections. These include, notably, the monuments of Giza, the Sphinx, sculptures from the Old and Middle Kingdoms, as well as numerous examples held in Berlin, London, and major Egyptological collections. The original German work, published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer, played a significant role in reshaping the perspective on Egyptian art in the early 20th century; the Louvre’s bibliography still cites Fechheimer’s French edition among the older references pertaining to certain sculptures in its collections. A copy in its interesting original publisher’s cardboard slipcase, characteristic of the “L’Art de l’Orient” collection. Binding is worn: covers are heavily faded and scuffed, with a few stains and scratches, and the corners are rounded; the spine cloth is discolored with small tears and signs of weakness at the joints, particularly at the top. The interior, however, is in fair condition, and the numerous photographic plates remain well preserved.
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