Eduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler catalogue raisonnes Photographs by Marcia Lippman

Photographs by Marcia Lippman

[Toronto]: Second Story Press

With the aid of over 260 superb illustrations and the advantage of privileged access to unpublished material from the artist's archives

Confronting the challenge of producing an accurate likeness of a historical figure whose reign preceded the age of photography these paintings metaphorically chronicle the life of Napoleon using only the image of his face

But with those close ties came an increasing dependence on European guns

Eduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler catalogue raisonnes Photographs by Marcia LippmanEduard Spelterini and the Spectacle of Images: The Colored Slides of the Pioneer Balloonist by Hilar Stadler 4to. pp. 152. English & German text. profusely illustrated. biography. hardcover. [Zurich]: Scheidegger & Spiess, [2010]. ISBN 10: 3858813036 ISBN 13: 9783858813039 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Swiss balloonist Eduard Spelterini (18521931) lived an extraordinary life. Born the