Ashton, Dore
Fragonard: In the Universe of Painting
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Dore Ashton's fine artist biography has chapters listed in the Table of Contents as The painter's dream of light; The painter as puzzle; the painter's apprentice; Rigors of the academy in Paris; Life at the academy in Rome; Nature as art. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-256 pp. First Edition is not stated.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Keywords: Jean-Honore Fragonard|Dore Ashton