Gwen John, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and a Selection of the Drawings

First edition, first printing.  xii, 252pp, copiously illustrated in colour.  Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine.  Yellow endpapers.  4to.  Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original glossy dust wrapper, not price clipped, just a tad bumped on extreme edges.  

Gwendoline John (1876-1939) was a Welsh artist (born in Haverfordwest), the sister of fellow artist Augustus John and lover of Auguste Rodin.  Although her output and reputation were overshadowed by both those of her brother and lover in her lifetime, her work as grown in recognition and awareness since her death.  Often featuring anonymous female subjects in closely detailed scenes.    She was also the muse for Rodin unfinished monument to Rex Whistler.