Founded in Hartford, Connecticut, more than 150 years ago, the Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States, and it contains one of the most important collections of American art anywhere. Each work in its world-renowned collection of American paintings is reproduced in this gorgeously illustrated two-volume set, including masterworks by nearly every leading artist of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser tells the extraordinary history of ...
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Founded in Hartford, Connecticut, more than 150 years ago, the Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States, and it contains one of the most important collections of American art anywhere. Each work in its world-renowned collection of American paintings is reproduced in this gorgeously illustrated two-volume set, including masterworks by nearly every leading artist of the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser tells the extraordinary history of the museum, offers informative biographies of both famous and obscure artists, and provides comprehensive entries on each painting. The story of the nineteenth-century private collectors who established the public collections, the contemporary artists who influenced the selection of paintings, and the unusual acquisitions in the first half of the twentieth century renders a fascinating profile of cultural development in the United States. The Atheneum`s holdings of more than 550 American paintings, with outstanding Hudson River school landscapes and an especially rich representation of Connecticut artists, began with museum founder Daniel Wadsworth`s donation of his private collection of American landscapes. Later gifts included the post-Civil War picture gallery left by Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt, widow of the inventor-manufacturer Samuel Colt. This beautiful catalogue enables even those who cannot visit the museum to enjoy the fine collection of the American wing.These volumes are an important contribution to the literature on the history of American painting and to the study of patronage and culture. Elizabeth Kornhauser has made excellent use of rich material.--Linda S. Ferber, The Brooklyn MuseumElizabeth Mankin Kornhauser is curator of American paintings, sculpture, and drawings at the Wadsworth Atheneum and author of Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic, published by Yale University Press. Copublished with the Wadsworth Atheneum. Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. Complete in two volumes. 1997. First edition. Hardcover, 4to. in dust jackets. 401, 477pp. with illustrations throughout. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Neat ownership mark on front flyleaf of each volume, else both volumes are in fine condition, clean and unmarked. 2vol. Large set may require extra postage, to be calculated at time of sale.
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Hartford: New Haven: Wadsworth Atheneum; Yale University Press, 1996. Both volumes: Condition: Very Good. Both volumes: Clean copy-tight Harcover binding with clear complete text and illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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Very good. Hardcover. xi, 402pp; 543pp+ appendix and index. Two volumes, both fine hardbacks in fine jackets and contained in a thin cardboard slipcase.
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VG (May have few marks from previous gallery owner or slight tear on v.2 dj edge) 2 vols. Lilac cloth, color illus. dust jackets, 877 pp. 150 color, 409 bw plates; set weighs nearly 11 lbs. A massive two-volume set. Lists 543 works in the collections which were executed prior to 1945. Each picture is wholly annotated and discussed, and each represented artist is given a biography and bibliographical references. The collection of American paintings at the Wadsworth is one of the finest in America, and this set represents a cornerstone reference with copious research. In addition to an introductory essay by Kornhauser (The History of the Collection), there is an appendix of Ship Paintings in the Marine Collection. Also includes an index of artists, Paintings and Collections. More than 275 artists are represented and featured. A handy resource to have access to.
