Description

Hardcover, large quarto bound in green cloth and original publisher’s dust-jacket. 482 pages. Index of Former Collections, Index of Artists and Titles. Edited by Kathleen Luhrs. Extensively illustrated with images accompanying the text entries for artists listed, and arranged chronologically by date of birth, not alphabetically. First edition. An impressive survey of the late nineteenth century segment of the museum’s collection, including biographies, exhibition histories, provenance, and bibliographic references. “Related works -preliminary drawings and studies, or copies, prints, and replicas- are also listed and often also illustrated”. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy of an essential reference work. Dust-jacket shows moderate wear. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage.