Carr, Gerald L. - In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church

New York, New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc, 2000. Softcover. Color wraps. 204 pp. 72 color plates and 74 bw figures. Includes Acknowledgements by Frederick D. Hill and James Berry Hill; List of Lenders; lengthy essay by Gerald L. Carr entitled "In Search of the Promised Land: Paintings by Frederic Edwin Church." This essay is broken down into chapters titled :The Previous Fruits of his Pilgrimage: The Love of Grandeur and Expanse..a Naturalist's View of Nature; The United States and Canada; The Tropics; The Arctic; The Mediterranean and Europe; No Finer Views in The World: the Olana Landscape. These chapters are followed by 15 pages of bibliographic and text notes. A exhaustive reference, and a delight to read and look at. Published for an exhibition Apr. 25 to July 15, 2000, three other dates. VG. edge-wear to covers. foxing to texblock edges. moderate foxing to title & opening pgs; instances of light foxing to remaining pg edges.

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