A Treasury of American Prints
by Craven, Thomas (editor)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Binder in slip case. Matte finish green boards on binder with black cloth spine. Title and editor's name on label attached to front board. Slip case is black cardboard, firm with slight wear at corners and edges, title label on spine has slight wear. Pages and prints are clean, clear and unmarked. A selection of one hundred etchings and lithographs by the foremost living American artists at the time, each with a brief biography and description on verso and detachable for framing. Plates are numbered but no pagination.
Synopsis
This book contains reproductions of one hundred of the finest contemporary American etchings and lithographs. The[y]... represent forty-nine of America's greatest living artists - including Benton, Wood, Marsh, Curry, Grosz, Costigan, Cadmus, Beal, Sloan, Sterner... Bacon - in short, every figure of stature representing every school in the current scene... [I]ncisive descriptions give not only critical interpretations of the backgrounds and moods of the pictures, but reveal as well the purposes and working methods of each individual artist.
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- Bookseller
- VFOL UsedBooks (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2111084
- Title
- A Treasury of American Prints
- Author
- Craven, Thomas (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Coil Ring
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Box9
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- art;
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