Publisher: New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940
Oversized hardcover: 166 pages + Index
Size: 13.5" by 10.5" by 1"

By Peyton Boswell, Jr. Editor of "The Art Digest"

Beautiful 86 color plates. 86 Paintings selected from the series on contemporary American artists published in Life magazine.Twenty chapters trace the development of art in America. It also includes biographies of each artist, arranged alphabetically, along with comments about the reproduced paintings.

"With Eighty-Nine Illustrations in Full Color Selected from the Series on Contemporary American Artists Published in 'Life"

Very good condition with only slightly bumped corners. A few very minor spots of soiling on the covers. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover. Inside back endpaper a very light penciled recipe in script, otherwise no writings. Interior is spotless.

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