John Elderfield - Jenny Saville: Oxyrhynchus - 2015





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Jenny Saville: Oxyrhynchus, John Elderfield's hardback monograph on Jenny Saville, published by Gagosian / Rizzoli in 2015 in English, 112 pages, about 33 × 29.5 cm.
Description from the seller
JENNY SAVILLE – OXYRHYNCHUS
Gagosian Gallery / Rizzoli, 2015
With critical essay by John Elderfield
An important large-format monograph dedicated to Jenny Saville, one of the leading figures of contemporary British figurative painting.
Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition Oxyrhynchus, held at the Gagosian Gallery in London in 2014, the work documents the artist's exploration through large paintings, drawings and layered anatomical compositions.
Editorial features
- Gagosian / Rizzoli edition, 2015.
- Text in English.
- Monumental format: about 33 × 29.5 cm.
- Fine clothbound hardcover illustrated, with monochrome reproduction.
- Numerous full-page color reproductions, details of the works and photographs from the exhibition.
- Critical essay by John Elderfield, former Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- ISBN 9780847845668.
Content
The title recalls the Egyptian archaeological site of Oxyrhynchus, famous for the finds of overlapped and fragmentary papyri.
Saville develops a painting language in which bodies and figures intertwine through overlays of signs, glazes and fields, creating compositions of notable visual intensity.
State of conservation
Well-preserved copy, with an editorial illustrated cloth cover. The photographs document the binding, the back, the inner pages and the artistic reproductions. Any minor signs of conservation are visible in the images.
Shipping
The volume will be carefully protected with shock-absorbing material, rigid reinforcements and corner protections. Tracked shipping.
Seller's Story
JENNY SAVILLE – OXYRHYNCHUS
Gagosian Gallery / Rizzoli, 2015
With critical essay by John Elderfield
An important large-format monograph dedicated to Jenny Saville, one of the leading figures of contemporary British figurative painting.
Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition Oxyrhynchus, held at the Gagosian Gallery in London in 2014, the work documents the artist's exploration through large paintings, drawings and layered anatomical compositions.
Editorial features
- Gagosian / Rizzoli edition, 2015.
- Text in English.
- Monumental format: about 33 × 29.5 cm.
- Fine clothbound hardcover illustrated, with monochrome reproduction.
- Numerous full-page color reproductions, details of the works and photographs from the exhibition.
- Critical essay by John Elderfield, former Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- ISBN 9780847845668.
Content
The title recalls the Egyptian archaeological site of Oxyrhynchus, famous for the finds of overlapped and fragmentary papyri.
Saville develops a painting language in which bodies and figures intertwine through overlays of signs, glazes and fields, creating compositions of notable visual intensity.
State of conservation
Well-preserved copy, with an editorial illustrated cloth cover. The photographs document the binding, the back, the inner pages and the artistic reproductions. Any minor signs of conservation are visible in the images.
Shipping
The volume will be carefully protected with shock-absorbing material, rigid reinforcements and corner protections. Tracked shipping.

