Corcoran Gallery of Art
Subtitle: American paintings to 1945
By: Sarah Cash, editor ; in collaboration with Emily Dana Shapiro, Lisa Strong ; with contributions by Jennifer Carson [and twenty others]
Contributors: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Corcoran Gallery of Art; in association with Hudson Hills Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Manchester, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Catalogs; American Painting; Corcoran Gallery of Art
Other titles: American paintings to 1945
Description: This landmark publication--which comprises the present volume and a companion online component featuring exhaustive documentation on individual paintings-is the first to authoritatively catalogue and interpret one of the finest and most renowned collections of historic American paintings in the world. The two-part publication offers both art historians and the general public access to the most comprehensive and up-to-date research on the museum's American paintings, while highlighting the Corcoran's commitment to the study and display of its permanent collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword / Fred Bollerer; title: Acknowledgments; title: "Encouraging American genius" : collecting American art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art / Sarah Cash; title: Notes to the reader; title: Featured works; title: Notes to essays on featured works; title: Illustrated list of American paintings to 1945, excluding featured works.