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A biography of the sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brezka by H. S. Ede.
With new texts by Sebastiano Barassi, Evelyn Silber and Jon Wood.

In 1930 H. S. Ede, who three years earlier had acquired almost all of Gaudier's work, published a biography of the sculptor. Entitled A Life of Gaudier-Brezka, the book was re-issued a year later with the new title Savage Messiah. Ede's book played an important role in re-establishing Gaudier's reputation at a time when he was at risk of fading into obscurity.

This new edition, which includes previously unpublished material and new essays that re-contextualise the book art historically, marks the centenary of Gaudier's arrival in Britain. It draws from the 1929 manuscript version of Ede's book, now in the archive at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, reproducing many of the drawings and photographs first used by Ede.