George Inness, The Man and His Art
New York: Privately printed by Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1911. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/250. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/2"). 54, [2]pp. Untrimmed. Original half burgundy cloth over brown paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece. Decorative initials.
Delightful and obscure work on the life and art of George Inness (1825-1894), a prominent American landscape painter. One of the most influential American artists of the nineteenth century, Inness was influenced, in turn, by the Old Masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg, whose spiritualism found vivid expression in the work of Inness's maturity (1879-1894). (For more information, see Adrienne Baxter Bell's "George Inness: Writings and Reflections on Art and Philosophy (2006)," New York: George Braziller).
This volume is illustrated with 12 tissue-guarded plates, including 2 in full color.
One of 250 unnumbered copies.
Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Tiny abrasion to spine. Bindin in overall good+ to very good, interior in very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #45904
Price: $125.00