FORGOTTEN PRINTMAKERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
Chicago, IL: Kovler Gallery, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition. Item #016064
160 pages of text, with numerous illustrations. Stiff paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. A detailed book on mostly little-known printmakers, mainly French (30 artists), listing 843 works. Includes a facsimile of a letter written by Felix Buhot to Gustave Bourcard from 1890. Contains a Preface by Marjorie B. Kovler, and a Foreword by Dr. Harold Joachim, [then] Curator of Prints and Drawings at The Art Institute of Chicago. Artists include Adolphe Appian, Adolphe Beaufrere, Albert Besnard, Giovanni Boldini, Felix Bracquemond, Auguste Brouet, Felix Buhot, Alexandre Calame, Edgar Chahine, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet, Jules Cheret, Charles Daubigny, Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, Achille Deveria, Jean Frelaut, Paul Gavarni, Francis Seymour Haden, Paul Helleu, Paul Huet, Charles Jacque, Maxime Lalanne, Louis Legrand, Alphonse Legros, Auguste Lepere, Alexandre Lunois, Ernest Meissonier, Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Auguste Raffet, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen and James Tissot. Exhibition Catalogue. Previous owner's name and inscription neatly on the title page. First edition.
Price: $20.00