The Lure of Italy: American Artists and the Italian Experience, 1760-1914
New York: Harry N. Abrams / Museum of Fine Arts, 1992. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket, white spine. 470 pp. 133 color, 206 bw repros. VG-/VG-. Minimal edge wear to dust jacket. Item #1106
ISBN: 9780878463596
Issued in conjunction with several 1992-1993 exhibitions. Title essay by Theodore Stebbins, with other essays by William Gerdts (Celebrities of the Grand Tour: The American Sculptors in Florence and Rome), William L. Vance (Seeing Italy: The Realistic Rediscovery by Twain, Howells and James), Erica E. Hirshler ("Gondola Days": American Painters in Venice) and Fred S. Licht (American Artists in Twentieth Century Italy). Catalogue lists 214 paintings and ephemeral items. Selected bibliography. A wonderful publication packed with important information and some never before seen pictures.
OCLC: 26646082
Price: $15.00