Vera Lehndorff

I found this book many years ago - probably a year after it published - in the stacks of a college campus library I was invading. Hands down the best painting into background work I've ever seen. This book more or less set the benchmark for what I considered top-notch artistry.

Review edited to add: 28 years later, finally managed to afford a physical copy again, and it's still utterly wonderful.