The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonne Revised and expanded]. With the assistance of Janet L. Comey and Karen E. Quinn. This item is unavailable.The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonne Revised and expanded]. With the assistance of Janet L. Comey and Karen E. Quinn

Green cloth. ix, 389 pp., 170 color and b/w illustrations in text, 600+ color and b&w illustrations of his paintings. Drawing on his acclaimed catalogue raisonné of 1975, this revised and expanded edition includes an examination of Heade's life and work, and reproduces all of his 620 known paintings (including nearly 250 that have been discovered since 1975). A pleasure to read, a delight to gaze upon. Contents as follows: 1. A Long Apprenticeship -- 2. A New Life -- 3. Painter of the Tropics -- 4. Success in Landscape and Still Life -- 5. Florida and the Late Work -- App. A. Questions of Attribution and Authenticity -- App. C. Heade's Publications in Forest and Stream -- Catalogue Raisonne -- 1. Figurative Works -- 2. Landscapes -- 3. Still Lifes -- 4. Drawings and Prints. "Martin Johnson Heade was one of the most significant American painters of the nineteenth century, creator of portraits, history and genre pictures, still lifes, ornithological studies, landscapes and marines, and unique orchid and hummingbird compositions. This book brings a new perspective to Head and his works, presenting him as one of the most original and productive painters of his time."--Jacket. Heade rocks! VG+/VG tiny nicks at top and bottom of front corner of dj, miniscule piece missing from lower corner.…