Dear Friend: Rainer Maria Rilke and Paula Modersohn-Becker
Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 1998.
Hardcover. 9 1/8" X 6 1/4". viii, 276pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Black cloth over boards, with spine lettered in red. Mild shelfwear to binding and jacket, else fine. Binding is firm, tight, and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. About Dear Friend: In 1908, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote "Requiem for a Friend" in memory of Paula Modersohn-Becker, the German painter who had profoundly affected him and who had died a year earlier. Although a great modern painter, Modersohn-Becker is remembered primarily as she is portrayed in Rilke's poem. Dear Friend looks at the relationship of two great artists whose often-strained friendship was extraordinary for both. Near fine / near fine. Item #5780
ISBN: 0810115670
Price: $15.00