Author: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Title: William Rush: American Sculptor
Description: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1982. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 211 pp. profusely illustrated in bw. with over 100 plates. Catalogue lists over 100 works by Rush and a few others, as well as some pieces wrongly attributed to William Rush. Contains a selected bibliography. Numerous reproductions add to the scholarly essays by Linda Bantel (William Rush, Esq.), D. Dodge Thompson (The Public Work of William Rush: A Case Study in The Origins of American Sculpture), Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. ("Tolerable Likenesses": The Portrait Busts of William Rush), William H. Gerdts (William Rush: Sculptural Genius or Inspired Artisan?), Virginia Norton Naude (Toolmarks and Fingerprints: A Technical Discussion). Catalogue by Linda Bantel, notes on each essay. A fascinating study of America's first great sculptor, with many interesting insights. VG/, some rubbing, fading, and light creasing to cover, copy may have slight foxing to upper block edges .

Keywords: 19th Century; American Sculpture; Biography; Excat; Pafa ; Rush, William ; American Sculpture ; Biography


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