Art Across America: The Plains States and the West by Gerdts, William H - 1998

Artabras Publishers, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.3900 13.1900 11.2700.

NY: Abbeville Press, 1998. Hardcover. VG/VG. Green cloth with illustrated dustjacket. 396 pp. 261 color and bw plates. Part of a monumental 3-volume study titled Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. This volume looks at the far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest and the Pacific. The volume presents essays on the different states within the defined areas, followed by extensive notes to the essays; followed by Acknowledgments as they pertain to each essay and state; followed by an extensive bibliography to each essay and state; finally followed by an exhaustive index to the volume. The works of over 200 artists are represented in this volume, making it an outstanding visual and informational reference work. Covers the following states: Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, California, Alaska and Hawaii.

New York: Abbeville Press, 1990. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. First edition so stated. Published in 1990, not 1998. Blue cloth with gilt tiles to the spine. Pictorial DJ of "Long Jakes, The Rocky Mountain Man" . This copy is FINE in a FINE, price clipped DJ. AS NEW except for minimal edge wear to bottom of DJ and a small smudge across outside bottom page edges. Unmarked, crisp, rich , bright, and tightly bound. 396 pages. Exceptional..