Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d'ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers [In 10 Volumes]

S. l. (Paris): Librairie Grund, 1976. Very good. New edition, full set of 10 volumes; 9 3/4 x 6 1/2; blue cloth over boards; title in silver; illustrated with portrait frontis; small bookshop label to title page; a few of the volumes with mild wear along edges, the others fine; overall in very good to near fine condition.Originally published in three volumes between 1911 and 1923 by Emmanuel Benezit (1854 - 1920) and after his death - greatly expanded, the ambitious endeavour contained close to 300 000 biographies of artists, with facsimile signatures, holdings of their works at institutions, auction results, etc.