Author: William Howe Downes
Title: John S. Sargent: His Life and Work
Description: London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study on the life and work of American artist John Singer Sargent. First edition. Illustrated with forty-two plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study on the life and work of John Singer Sargent, an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. With chapters on the Sargent family, London in the 1880s, the Wertheimer family portraits, Boston Library mural work, the painter's job, portrait commissions refused, the death of the artist and service in Westminster Abbey. With a catalogue of oil paintings, studies and sketches, watercolours, and drawings. Written by William Howe Downes, an American writer and art historian. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Further age toning to the endpapers as well as the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John S. Sargent. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Sargent Life Work Downes Life John S. Sargent
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Title: John S. Sargent: His Life and Work
Description: London, Thornton Butterworth Ltd. 1926. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this study on the life and work of American artist John Singer Sargent. First edition. Illustrated with forty-two plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive study on the life and work of John Singer Sargent, an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. With chapters on the Sargent family, London in the 1880s, the Wertheimer family portraits, Boston Library mural work, the painter's job, portrait commissions refused, the death of the artist and service in Westminster Abbey. With a catalogue of oil paintings, studies and sketches, watercolours, and drawings. Written by William Howe Downes, an American writer and art historian. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the extremities. Further age toning to the endpapers as well as the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: John S. Sargent. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Sargent Life Work Downes Life John S. Sargent
Price: GBP 57.00 = appr. US$ 81.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 937T45
- Book number: 937T45
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