Hardcover
2003 · New York
by MacDonald, Margaret F. et al.
New York: The Frick Collection / Yale University Press, 2003. Hardcover. VG- book given as gift to Edgar Munhall and inscribed on title page/VG. Black cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 243 pp., many color & BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition focusing on the interest in fashion held by American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). "Organized around three paintings much loved by our public: Whistler's portraits of Mrs. Frances Leyland (1871-74), Rosa Corder (1876-78), and Valerie, Lady Meux (1881-82)." (foreword) With thematic essays by Margaret F. MacDonald, Aileen Ribeiro, Patricia de Montfort, Susan Grace Galassi, and Helen M. Burnham.
(Inventory #: 162832)