The Art that is Life": The Arts & Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920
first edition Hardcover
1987 · New York
by Kaplan, Wendy
New York: New York Graphic Society / Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-art library with plastic spine label; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; pages are clean with just a hint of age overall.). Heathered, decorative linen/boards; brown lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering, in mylar cover. 424 pp., 55 color illus. and 316 duotones. Issued in conjunction with several 1987-1988 exhibitions. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of 188 works with four lengthy essays: by Wendy Kaplan, "The Lamp of British Precedent: An Introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement" and "Spreading the Crafts: The Role of the Schools"; by Eileen Boris, "'Dreams of Brotherhood and Beauty': The Social Ideas of the Arts and Crafts Movement"; and by Cheryl Robertson, "House and Home in the Arts and Crafts Era: Reforms for Simpler Living"; and an index. This is the scarce first edition of this landmark study. (Inventory #: 162468)