American Academy of Fine Arts and American Art-Union: Introduction and Exhibition Record (2 Volumes)
NY: New York Historical Society, 1953. Hardcover. Green cloth. 18 bw plates. Two volumes. VG, ex library with small bookplate, otherwise tight clean and unused. Item #2644
Volume 1 (xiv, 311 p.): Introduction. Contains a History of The American Academy by Theodore Sizer and a Foreword by James Thomas Flexner. Essay on the American Art Union by Charles E. Baker; Publications of The Art-Union by Mary Bartlett Cowdrey; Sale of Art-Union Holdings by Malcolm Steams Jr. Includes Table of Art Works purchased, with buyers and prices (alphabetically by artist) and list of buyers, with artists whose work they purchased. Vol. 2 (v, 504 p.) lists the Exhibition Records. Extremely rare.
OCLC: 871253
Price: $100.00