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The Principles of Uncertainty

By Maira Kalman

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| Hardcover | 9781594201349

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Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text. The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part pContinue

Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text. The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. Her brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images-which initially appear random-ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an idiosyncratic inner monologue. Kalman contends with some existential questions-What is identity? What is happiness? Why do we fight wars? And then, of course, death, love, and candy (not necessarily in that order). The tremendous success of Kalman's 2005 illustrated edition of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style established her as an original, inspirational voice, and the quirky, hilarious, heartbreaking style of The Principles of Uncertainty reveals Maira Kalman for what she truly is: a national treasure.

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  • Painted Whimsies

    Though they have sold well and delighted many, the children’s books written and illustrated by Maira Kalman and produced by her husband, the influential designer Tibor Kalman, who died in 1999, have been criticized over the years. Irked reviewers and ... (read full critics)

    nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 336 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 159420134X
  • ISBN-13: 9781594201349
  • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
  • Pub date: Oct 18, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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