1939 TREASURY of AMERICAN PRINTS – 100 Etchings & Lithographs of American Artist

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1939 TREASURY of AMERICAN PRINTS – 100 Etchings & Lithographs of American ArtistDescription Up for auction we have a 1939 first edition printing of “A Treasury of American Prints”. Edited by Thomas Craven. Hardcover, with pastedown titling, approximately 212 unpaginated pages. Measures 13” tall by 10-1/4” wide.“Each plate bears its own descriptive matter on the reverse. Cloth backed paper over boards, with metal spiral binding. Title on printed paper label on front board. A classic sampling of American prints, presented in a format convenient for detaching individual selections. With an introduction by Thomas Craven. The artists appearing in this favorite are: Peggy Bacon (5), Thomas Benton (5), Isabel Bishop (2), Arnold Blanch (2), Aaron Bohrod, Alexander Brook (2), Andrew Butler (2), Paul Cadmus (2), Francis Chapin, Paul Lewis Clemens, Howard Cook, John Corbino, John E. Costigan (3), John Steuart Curry (5), Adolf Dehn (4), Mabel Dwight, Ernest Fiene, Lauren Ford (3), Don Freeman, Wanda Gag (2), Emil Ganso, Minnetta Good, William Gropper (3), George Grosz (3), William Heaslip, Albert Heckman, Eugene Higgins, Irwin D. Hoffman, Edward Hopper (2), Joe Jones, Yasuo Kuniyoshi (2), Doris Lee, Charles Locke, Luigi Lucioni, John Marin, Reginald Marsh (6), John S. de Martelly (2), Kenneth Hayes Miller, Thomas W. Nason, Waldo Peirce (2), Boardman Robinson, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan (5), Raphael Soyer, Lee Townsend, Stow Wengenroth, Harry Wickey (3), Grant Wood (6) and Mahonri Young (2).” (abebooks)Book is in good to very good condition showing wear consistent with age, usage and storage. Cover in very good condition showing very light rubbing wear to the edges and corners. No bookplate. Pages in very good condition, clean and complete, but do show some age discoloration and some soiling along the page edges from storage. The book has a musty smell from storage that may be relieved by airing. Metal spiral binding in good condition showing some signs of oxidation. Original titled slipcase in poor condition showing rubbing wear, some seam splitting, and tape repair.From Wikipedia –“ Thomas Craven (January 6, 1888 – February 27, 1969) was an American author, critic and lecturer, who promoted the work of American Regionalist painters, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood, among others. He was known for his caustic comments and being the “leading decrier of the School of Paris.”He was born in 1888, in Salina, Kansas, the son of Richard Price and Virginia Bates Cravens. He graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University in 1908. He has been described as "a red-haired Kansan, as unassuming in private conversation as he is dogmatic on the printed page. He has been a reporter in Denver, a schoolmaster in California and Porto Rico (sic), a deckhand in the West Indies, an unsuccessful painter and poet." He was friends with numerous artists of his day including George Grosz and Thomas Hart Benton. He married Aileen St. John-Brenon, on August 25, 1923 and they were divorced in 1947. He summered in West Tisbury, on Martha's Vineyard and moved there permanently in 1949. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1969, at the age of 81.He wrote numerous books, several were very popular including, Men of Art and Modern Art: the Men, the Movements, the Meaning both of which were Book-of–the-Month club selections. Another of his books, A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: from the Renaissance to the Present Day reached the bestseller list and was re-issued several times. In addition he contributed essays, articles and criticisms to numerous periodicals including, Scribners, Harpers, The Dial, The Nation, The New Republic, The American Mercury, and The Forum. At one time he was the art critic for the New York American. An example of his "no holds barred" writing comes from the Introduction to Modern Art; the Men, the Movements, the Meaning: There is one exception – Modigliani. I have included this gifted wastrel as a specimen of the effects of Bohemianism on the artist. Modig... read more

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