Irma Stern Nudes, 1916-1965

University of Cape Town Emeritus Professor Michael Godby authored this fascinating monograph to accompany the exhibition of the same name – which he also curated – at the Sanlam Art Gallery in Cape Town last year. The book offers a wealth of original research based on the Stern archives at the National Library in Cape Town, and provides a comprehensive overview of a subject that was one of Stern’s key ongoing interests as an artist, in spite of this area of her work being relatively little explored by critics to date. More suited to readers who already have some familiarity with Stern’s art and work, this is a book that art aficionados and amateur artists will treasure, as it contains a number of beautiful reproductions of her inspiring and seldom-seen drawings, as well as other works that are less well-known.