These essays on paintings, prints, and photographs explore the wealth of railroad imagery in American art - from Thomas Cole's pastoral landscapes to the industrial muscle of works by Bellows, Luks, Marsh, and Sloan, and evocations of the frontier in photographs by Andrew Joseph Russell and William Henry Jackson.
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These essays on paintings, prints, and photographs explore the wealth of railroad imagery in American art - from Thomas Cole's pastoral landscapes to the industrial muscle of works by Bellows, Luks, Marsh, and Sloan, and evocations of the frontier in photographs by Andrew Joseph Russell and William Henry Jackson.
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Black White and Color Illustrations. As New. 8vo Short inscription on half title. Otherwise as NEW unopened copy. Fresh tight strong clean fresh covers and text. No markings. Photographs + text 218 pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0262231263. An interesting overview of art with railroads as the subject. The text is illustrated with many examples (primarily photos and paintings). It would be difficult to assemble these images or research this topic, so this book is an important contribution to the subject. Indexed. Oblong quarto size book. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. Dust jacket also nice; only one tiny tear to top edge of dust jacket spine. Contributions by eight authors.; Color & b&w illustrations; 8vo, 8"-9" tall; 218 pages.