William Gerts (2 results)

cloth. 4to. cloth. 227+(1); (iv), (229-230), 231-521+(1) pages. 2 Volumes. First edition. Volume I, Decorative Arts with essays by Philip D. Zimmerman and Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of contributors, introduction by museum director Karol A. Schmiegel. Further contributions by Ronald W. Fuchs II and Deborah E. Kraak. Volume II, Paintings and sculpture with table of contents, essays by William H. Gerdts and Roxanne M. Stanulis. Table of contents, bibliography, makers' index, notes on contributors. Color and black and white illustrations throughout both volumes. With a biographical sketch of the collector. Much information on Delaware craftsmen and artists. Introduction by Karol A. Schmiegel, Director.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. A stunning first edition copy of this survey of American still-life painting. A first edition copy.This book is a comprehensive survey of an often neglected aspect of American art. This volume traces the history of American still life painting from the earliest examples up to the 1970s. Written by William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke.With a colour frontispiece and many in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.In the original clipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original clipped dust wrapper which is also generally lovely with some fading to the spine and creasing to the head and tail of the spine with a small tear to the bottom of the rear wrap. Fine. book.