150 Years of Philadelphia Still Life Painting (Philadelphia Collection 62)

Philadelphia: Schwarz Galleries, 1997. Softbound. VG-, front cover with small tear. Blue wraps. 128 pp. 76 color plates. Includes 5-page introduction by Robert Devlin Schwarz and many essays with notes by various authors divided into the following sections: "The Peales and Their Circle," "Mid-Century Elaborations," "Trompe L'Oeil Paintings," "Late-Century Variations," and "Twentieth-Century Innovations," and biographies of the contributing authors. Also includes annotated catalogue of 76 works by 59 artists, with reference and provenance. Contains 76 beautiful (truncated) color plates. (Inventory #: 10862)