Three Hundred Years of American Painting by Alexander Eliot

Books : Art : First Edition : Time Incorporated

 

Large hardcover book with cloth and leather binding adorned with gilt lettering, measures not quite 13" tall, 9.5" wide and just under one inch thick. It has 318 pages on smooth off-white gloss paper.

To quote John Walker who wrote the introduction, "But art could also play a more vital role in our relations with others. The paintings reproduced in this book speak a universal language. They tell objectively and without propaganda the story of this country. They are ambassadors of the American way of life. Widely known, they would help us to gain throughout the world that esteem and sympathy to which all nations aspire."

A wonderful perspective for the armchair art appreciator and historian, this book is in very good condition. There is some wear on the spine but the interior is pristine.

Item ID: NAG-00078