The Static Alignments: Austin Osman Spare's School of Draughtsmanship by Austin Osman Spare, Frank Letchford, Dr William Wallace, Michael Staley, & Stephen Pochin (Jerusalem Press, 2020) Standard Hardback Edition Limited to 500 Copies

Austin Osman Spare, Frank Letchford, Dr William Wallace, Michael Staley, & Stephen Pochin. The Static Alignments: Austin Osman Spare's School of Draughtsmanship. London: Jerusalem Press, 2020. Standard hardback edition. 336 pages. Limited to 500 copies. Condition: Fine Description from the publisher: Featuring Fragmentum, written by AOS, here are the principles underlying his art. Detailed notes transcribed by Frank Letchford from his advanced lessons in portraiture, this is an indispensable resource for anyone wishing to gain an intimate understanding of Spare’s work practice. Letchford studied the myriad principles underlying Spare’s rich and varied art production. Spare’s preferred materials and theories on how best to produce drawings by exploiting photography are complemented by art-historical wisdom.Spare’s devotion to geometry is revealed by William Wallace in relation to Dürer, the Occult, and to Spare’s monogram, early drawings, and late aphorisms. Richly illustrated throu