First  cover of 'SCHÖNHEIT UND REICHTUM DES LEBENS WALTER SPIES.'

SCHÖNHEIT UND REICHTUM DES LEBENS WALTER SPIES.

(MALER UND MUSIKER AUF BALI 1895-1942).

Rhodius, Hans.

601 pp.; 87 b/w plates, 17 in colour, index, (folded) maps. Text: German. Den Haag, 1964. Hbk. Dustjacket slightly damaged and soiled. First 140 pp. slightly bumped/folded.

book nr. 8321                 € 350,00

The only autobiography (taken from letters and personal recollections, edited by Hans Rhodius) on the life and times of the famous painter & musician Walter Spies, living on Bali, whose influence on traditional Balinese painting, music and arts proved to be immensely.