Walter Tandy Murch: Paintings and Drawings, 1925-1967

$85.00 at Whitney Museum of American Art.

Walter Tandy Murch (1907-1967) is best known for his enigmatic, dreamlike still life paintings of everyday objects and mechanical devices in a style that falls between Magic Realist, Surrealist, and Realist. This volume offers the most comprehensive collection of his work, including his striking commercial work for magazines and his paintings from the extensive collection of George Lucas. Lucas calls himself a "fanboy" of Murch's art--paintings and drawings he describes as simultaneously "functional and…