Modern Etchers : short biographical sketches of the leading etchers of the present day, 1891

Baltimore, Maryland: D. Bendann, Art Store, 1891. Softcover. Small volume, tan wraps, 132 pp. No illustrations. Fair, cover separated but present. Edges of pages fragile, chipping of covers and first few pages front and back. Stapled binding, solid, pages clean. Item #130883

Quite scarce. The book summarizes the lives of approx. 90 European and American etchers, including Thomas C Farrer Gustav Greux, Louis Victor Focillon, Charles Louis Kratke, Jean Francois Millet, Steven Parrish, James J. Tissot, James Abbott McNeil Whistler. From p. 1: "Notice: At a time when so much poor art is offered to the public, it is well to call its attention to the works of the great contemporaneous artists. Should this little book cause any one to examine more closely than has been their wont into the works of any of the etchers mentioned therein, its object shall have been accomplished.

Price: $29.97

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