아주 사적인 미술 산책 | Keeping an Eye Open (Dasan, 2023; Korean)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 아주 사적인 미술 산책 | Keeping an Eye Open. Dasan, 2023. Pp. 590 + [2]. 21 x 14 cm. Translated by 공진호 [Jinho Gong]. ISBN: 9791130644714. (Korean).

Dasan reissued this book with new cover art and additional images throughout. This copy included a promotional postcard that measures 14.8 x 10 cm.

Kunst sehen | Promotional (Edition 5Plus, 2018; German)


Notes about this item: Promotional magazine for Edition 5Plus (2018). Pp. 80. 25.5 x 20 cm.

The magazine features copy regarding the publication of Julian Barnes’s Kunst sehen (Keeping an Eye Open) in 2018. The promotional material for Barnes appears on Pp. 4-5.

Con un occhio aperto | Keeping an Eye Open (Einaudi, 2019; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Con un occhio aperto | Keeping an Eye Open.  Einaudi, 2019. Pp. 286 + [4]. 22.3 x 17.8 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. ISBN: 9788806230982. (Italian).

Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2022; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2022. Pp. 475 + [5]. 19 x 12.6 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger and Thomas Bodmer. ISBN: 9783462002805. (German).

Paperback edition. KiWi No. 1818.

“Courbet: non è così, è cosà” in Courbet e la Natura (Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Courbet: non è così, è cosà.” Courbet e la Natura. Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018. Pp. 262 + [2]. 28 x 23 cm. (Italian).

Julian Barnes’s essay on Courbet appears on pp. 23-29. The essay first appeared in the Italian translation of Keeping an Eye Open (Einaudi).

Keeping an Eye Open (Vintage International, 2017)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. New York: Vintage International, 2017. Pp. 278. 21.6 x 17.1 cm. ISBN: 9781101873373.

Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019. Pp. 352. 20.9 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger and Thomas Bodmer. ISBN: 9783462049176. (German).

아주 사적인 미술 산책 | Keeping an Eye Open (Dasan, 2019; Korean)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 아주 사적인 미술 산책 | Keeping an Eye Open. Dasan, 2019. Pp. 422 + [2]. 21 x 14 cm. Translated by 공진호 [Jinho Gong]. ISBN: 9791130625829. (Korean).

Gözünü Açik Tutmak: Sanat Üzerine Denemeler | Keeping an Eye Open (Ayrinti Yayinlari, 2018; Turkish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Gözünü Açik Tutmak: Sanat Üzerine Denemeler | Keeping an Eye Open.  Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2018. Pp. 271 + [1]. 21.6 x 13.5 cm.  Translated by Serdar Rifat Kırkoğlu. ISBN: 9786053142881. (Turkish).

Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! (Éditions La Pionnière, 2020; French | Limited Edition of 15)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! Éditions La Pionnière, 2020. Pp. 26 + [6]. 25 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. (French).

This excerpt from Keeping an Eye Open was published as a pamphlet in a limited edition of 585 copies and an additional limited edition of XV numbered with Roman numerals.

The copy photographed above is numbered “I” and is signed on the limitation page. It is also inscribed on the title page.

Each copy has 9 inset color images throughout (one pictured above). The edition of XV was printed on larger pages that were uncut when bound. This edition is also placed in a slipcase, as pictured.