Softbound
2004 · Williamstown, MA
by Lees, Sarah (editor)
Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2004. Softbound. VG+. Color illustrated wraps, French flaps, 253 pp., 21 bw and 109 vivid color plates. Text is in English. Some of the most iconic and influential images of 19th-century painting, including Gustave Courbet's famous The Meeting ("Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!"), highlight the celebrated Bruyas collection. With tastes ranging from romanticism to realism, Alfred Bruyas (1821-1877) collected both traditional and what was then avant garde art. Features nine masterpieces by Courbet, as well as important paintings, drawings, and sculptures by such leading artists of the period as Delacroix, Ingres, Gericault, Millet, Corot, Rousseau, and Barye. Chronology, Index.
(Inventory #: 104433)