From Realism to Symbolism: Whistler and His World
New York: Columbia University, 1971. Softcover. Brown and illus. paper wraps. 137 text pp. plus 74 plate pp. 2 color, 147 bw plates. VG. May have some rubbing to covers and owner's writing inside front cover. Item #4662
Issued in conjunction with several 1971 exhibitions of artwork rendered by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. With essays by Allen Staley (Whistler and His World) and Theodore Reff (Le Pappilon et le Vieux Boeuf). Extensive bibliography, list of exhibitions, etc. Lists 48 works by Whistler, and then there are provided biographies of 64 of his contemporaries and/or associates (American and European). These biographies are followed by 74 pages which contains 138 bw plates of works by Whistler and these people. A terrific catalogue and a wonderful source of biographical information on his contemporaries.
OCLC: 163126039
Price: $20.00