Hardcover
1907 · New York
by Cary, Elisabeth Luther
New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1907. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-gallery owned, with slight label mark on spine, few interior marks; frontispiece is loose but present; boards show moderate soiling and edge wear; pages are aging but clear, and some remain uncut; a nice book overall.). Tan paper boards with brown cloth spine, gilt letters on spine. 302 pp. 31 bw plates. On front dover: Whistler. Considers the life and work of American Gilded Age artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)/ Chapters include Whistler's beginnings, French environment, English environment, the entrance of Japan, characterizations, etchings, lithographs, and his theory of art. Also included are detailed (and sometimes annotated) lists of 528 of Whistler's paintings, 160 lithographs, and 426 etchings, and an index. An uncommon edition of this biography.
(Inventory #: 155446)