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Robert Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 4. 1982–1989

50Edition: EnglishAvailability: December 17, 2024
The first three volumes of this series were met with the highest acclaim; expect this book to be no different. Combining volumes 7 and 8 from the first boxed set, it spans the years 1982 to 1989 and is filled with his signature perversions (in country settings), scathing social commentary, cruel self-portraits, experimental cubism… and some lovely sylvan landscape.
Hardcover8.1 x 10.6 in.3.64 lb440 pages
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Robert Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 4. 1982–1989

Robert Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 4. 1982–1989

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Crumb, Crumb, and More Crumb

Volume 4 of the celebrated sketchbook series from the incomparable R. Crumb

The first three volumes of this series were met with fervent acclaim from our readers, most of whom have been lying in wait for an affordable trade edition since the $ 1,000 boxed sets appeared. They laud these 440-page editions for their quality hardcover, elegant matte paper, and impeccable reproduction as the best of the best—the perfect tribute to the world’s favorite dirty old man.

Expect this book to be no different. Combining volumes 7 and 8 from the first boxed set (confusing, we know), it spans the years 1982 to 1989, a period when the artist was comfortably ensconced in rural California, raising his young daughter Sophie, who appears throughout this volume. But Crumb was still Crumb, declaring in one drawing, above a lovingly rendered tree, “As I get older I get more twisted, convoluted, depraved, cynical, embittered, self-centered, jaded, debauched, ruthless, greedy, conceited, set-in-my-ways, long-winded, absent-minded, prejudiced, closed-minded, misanthropic, nervous…”

To prove this self-flagellating analysis he fills the pages with his signature perversions (in country settings), scathing social commentary, cruel self-portraits, experimental cubism… and some lovely sylvan landscape. His mastery of the Rapidograph pen is at its zenith here in his 40s; we only wish he’d chosen to include his prescient comic of Donald Trump from 1989.
The artist

Robert Crumb first found fame with Zap Comix in 1968. Subsequent comics include Snatch, Big Ass, Despair, Weirdo and Hup. He starred in the Oscar-nominated 1994 film Crumb, and has produced many books, including TASCHEN’s Sex Obsessions.

The editor

Dian Hanson is a senior editor and writer for TASCHEN, with over 50 books to her credit. In addition to ARNOLD, her recent works include The Art of Pin-up, Masterpieces of Fantasy Art, and The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta.
Read here how it all began.

Robert Crumb. Sketchbook Vol. 4. 1982–1989
Hardcover20.5 x 27 cm1.65 kg440 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-6696-4

Edition: English
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