Hardcover
2010 · Baltimore, Maryland
by Wright, David Gilmore
Baltimore, Maryland: Creo Press, 2010. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 2 vols., chocolate brown cloth, gilt letters on spines, gilt decoration on front covers, color illus. dust jackets, 537 pp., many color & BW illus. The detailed, two-volume set considering the life and work of Peter Moran (1841-1914), "the father of American etching." Contents: Vol. 1: The Life and Art of Peter Moran, Painter-Etcher ; Vol. 2: Catalogue of Prints by Peter Moran (1841-1914). The first volume supplies an illustrated biography, publisher and dealer inventories, chronology, and annotated bibliography. The second contains the inventory of prints, toward a catalogue raisonne. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 159 pieces. A simply handsome set, in a variety of ways. Cows are cool!
(Inventory #: 137594000001)