American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: The making of a collection

American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: The making of a collection
ISBN-10
1904832091
ISBN-13
9781904832096
Pages
1151
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Giles
Authors
Teresa A. Carbone, Brooklyn Museum, Barbara Dayer Gallati

Description

A 2-volume survey, complete with artist biographie s and interpretive essays, of one of the most important and oldest collections of American paintings in the U.S. 160 colour & 325 b/w illustrations

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