American Impressionist Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals, 2016, NF HC & DJ

Belly, Austen Barron, and John W. Coffey, New Haven, New York: Yale University Press, 2016, Near Fine, 4to, 10 ½” x 11 ¾”, 124 pp.

ISBN: 9780300217315

Near Fine quarto, cloth over boards with silver gilt to front cover and spine. Near Fine dust jacket, wrap cover with Isles of Shoals Broad Cave with white lettering to front cover and spine, 124 pp. Full-page black-and-white and full-color images of watercolors, diagrams, and photos. Photography essay by Alexandra de Steiguer. An exhibit from March 19^th, 2016, through November 6^th, 2016, at the North Carolina Museum of Art and Peabody Essex Museum. This book looks at the connection between Childe Hassam’s impressionist paintings and the Isles of Shoals, particularly Appledore Island, where he worked for nearly three decades. Through essays and visual analysis, it explores Hassam’s artistic process, his interpretation of the island’s landscape, and the lasting beauty that inspired his work.