Hardbound
2001 · Philadelphia
by Sewell, Darrel (editor)
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001. Hardbound. VG, gift inscription on ffep.. Grey cloth with gold lettering and color-pictorial dj; xlii, 446 pp., 220 bw and 295 color plates. Inserted are brochure from the show and several articles from newspapers and magazines, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, the New York Times and the New Yorker magazine. This beautiful and insightful book, published in conjunction with a major exhibition on the life and career of Eakins - the first in twenty years - presents a fresh perspective on the artist and his remarkable accomplishments. Lavishly illustrated with more than 250 of Eakins's most significant paintings, watercolors, drawings, photographs, and sculpture, the book features essays by prominent scholars who place his art in the context of the history and culture of late nineteenth-century Philadelphia, where he lived. Quite large. (Inventory #: 100608000001)