Illustrated with 120 color and black-and-white reproductions showcasing works by George Catlin, Worthington Whittredge, Albert Bierstadt, Georgia O'Keefe and others, Plain Pictures is the first book to address representations of the midwestern prairie as a genre distinct from American western art. In a wide-ranging narrative, Kinsey argues that images of the grassland, far from being plain, offer a paradox of their own: the significance of the subject is equalled only by the struggle to express it.
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Illustrated with 120 color and black-and-white reproductions showcasing works by George Catlin, Worthington Whittredge, Albert Bierstadt, Georgia O'Keefe and others, Plain Pictures is the first book to address representations of the midwestern prairie as a genre distinct from American western art. In a wide-ranging narrative, Kinsey argues that images of the grassland, far from being plain, offer a paradox of their own: the significance of the subject is equalled only by the struggle to express it.
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1200grams, ISBN: 1560986301.
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Very Good. Signed and inscribed, to a local artist, by Joni L. Kinsey at the half-title page. Crisp, clean pages except for mild toning in the margins; square, uncreased spine; soft cover shows some rubbing around the edges and spine ends and tiny curls at the corners, otherwise clean and well-kept. Brochures from this exhibit's time at the University of Iowa laid in.; Signed by Author.
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Near Fine in Near fine jacket. First printing, 1996, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, oblong quarto, 236pp., illustrated in color and b&w, with exhibition card laid in. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of shelfwear and sun to spine. Exhibition catalog.
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