John Singleton Copley was the leading portraitist of the American colonial era. This volume, which accompanies a major exhibition of Copley's work organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, focuses on the paintings, miniatures and pastels which Copley produced before he moved to London in 1774.
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John Singleton Copley was the leading portraitist of the American colonial era. This volume, which accompanies a major exhibition of Copley's work organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, focuses on the paintings, miniatures and pastels which Copley produced before he moved to London in 1774.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Qto Large Qto., 364 pages, 328 illustrations, 117 full colour plates, and a chronology. Copley, 1738-1815 was the supreme portrait painter of the colonial period, before he left his native Boston for Engl and in 1774. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.
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Used-Very Good. This book, which accompanies an important exhibition of Copley's work organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first major study of the artist published since 1966. Like the exhibition, it focuses on the large-scale paintings, miniatures, and pastels Copley executed before he moved to London, on the theory that his American oeuvre is unified by the circumstances of it's production and is stylistically and intellectually distinct from his English pictures. Lavish illustrations of the paintings, pastels, and miniatures in the exhibition; comparative works; maps; and photographs accompany the texts. A chronology, a bibliography that includes references of general and specific interest, and an index are included. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.
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Used-Very Good. This book, which accompanies an important exhibition of Copley's work organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first major study of the artist published since 1966. Like the exhibition, it focuses on the large-scale paintings, miniatures, and pastels Copley executed before he moved to London, on the theory that his American oeuvre is unified by the circumstances of it's production and is stylistically and intellectually distinct from his English pictures. Lavish illustrations of the paintings, pastels, and miniatures in the exhibition; comparative works; maps; and photographs accompany the texts. A chronology, a bibliography that includes references of general and specific interest, and an index are included. Wrapped in Brodart dust jacket protector. Book has minor shelf wear.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. 364 pp., 328 illus. 117 in full color. A tiny bit of scuffing to the dustjacket cover, otherwise a fine copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA June 7-August 27, 1995, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY September 26, 1995-January 7, 1996, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX February 4-April 28, 1996 and the Milwaukee Art Museum May 22-August 25, 1996.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. pp. 348. 348 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket.
