Item #15229 The Life and Work of George Inness. Nicolai Cikovsky.
The Life and Work of George Inness

The Life and Work of George Inness

New York: Garland Publishing, 1977.

Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #15229
ISBN: 0824026799

Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Reprint of the author's PhD thesis, Harvard University, April 1965. Frontispiece, 5 text figures, and 130 figures in illustration section in rear. "The form and content of Inness's art (as well as its sources and development) are matters to which the largest part of this thesis will be devoted. But a significant portion is assigned to the consideration of the character and pattern of Inness's life, for as I have already indicated, one of the major impediments to the reassessment of Inness is the scarcity of information about him, so that most writers ... "repeat sterotyped anecdotes" about him, or else avoid the problem altogether by concentrating on occasionally illuminating, but more often mistaken criticism of his paintings. By providing a section of pure biography, I hope to put Inness's life on a sounder factual foundation, but no less to give it greater richness and dimension. .. I have no illusions that this is a definitive study of Inness's art; that there is no catalogue, and that I have not infrequently been as speculative as descriptive prevents it from being so. But I am consoled that, whatever its failings, it is the most complete study of Inness to date and, if nothing else, the foundation upon which a more thorough study may be made." - Introduction.; Outstanding Dissertations in the Fine Arts; Ex-Library; xxv, 380, 130 pl pages.

Price: $49.95

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