The Abbott Collection: Paintings of Army Medicine
North Chicago, Illinois: Abbott Laboratories, 1950, circa. Softcover. Purple stapled wraps. [24] pp. 6 bw, 15 color plates. VG- (Moderate wear to edges, pages are clean.). Item #8438
"A tribute to the tremendous accomplishment of the Army Medical Department in saving the lives of scores of thousands of American soldiers who would be dead today but for the vast improvement of medical service in this over any previous war. The pictures are presented by Abbott Laboratories to the people of the Nation through gift to the Government of the United States." (inside back cover) Annotated catalogue describes 202 paintings by 12 artists: Howard Baer, Robert Benney, Peter Blume, Franklin Boggs, Francis Criss, John Steuart Curry, Ernest Fiene, Marion Greenwood, Joseph Hirsch, Fred Shane, Lawrence Beall Smith, and Manuel Tolegian. Includes brief biographies of the artists. Few but representative illustrations. Scarce.
Price: $29.97