Lines of discovery
Subtitle: 225 years of American drawings : The Columbus Museum.
Publisher: The Columbus Museum; Giles
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Columbus; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Columbus Museum (Columbus, Ga.) -- Catalogs.; Drawing, American -- Catalogs.
Genres: Catalogs.
Description: "Lines of Discovery: 225 Years of American Drawings presents a major new thematic and chronological catalogue survey of drawings and works on paper, including examples in graphite, charcoal, monotype and pastel, by leading American artists as presented by the most significant holdings of The Columbus Museum." "This volume, and the accompanying U.S. touring exhibition, present 225 of these master drawings, nearly 100 of which are grouped into five chapters, illustrated in full color, and accompanied by extended catalogue entries written by leading experts. A further 129 works are presented as color and mono comparative illustrations interspersed amongst the images of the key works This is the first time many of these drawings have been made available to curators, scholars and collectors from one of the most important and actively acquiring collections in the U.S.A full provenance, exhibition history and bibliographic references is included for each drawing, as well as an artists' index."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.