Softcover
1992 · New York
by Stebbins, Theodore E. Jr.
New York: Harry N. Abrams / Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. Softcover. VG-. Top right corner of pages and covers slightly bent. Minor wear to extremities.. Color-illustrated softcover with white lettering. 470 pp. 133 color, 206 bw repros. Issued in conjunction with several 1992-1993 exhibitions. Title essay by Theodore Stebbins, with other essays by William Gerdts (Celebrities of the Grand Tour: The American Sculptors in Florence and Rome), William L. Vance (Seeing Italy: The Realistic Rediscovery by Twain, Howells and James), Erica E. Hirshler ("Gondola Days": American Painters in Venice) and Fred S. Licht (American Artists in Twentieth Century Italy). Catalogue lists 214 paintings and ephemeral items. Selected bibliography. A wonderful publication packed with important information and some never before seen pictures.
(Inventory #: 114102)