Like Breath on Glass: Whistler, Inness, and the Art of Painting Softly, 2008, Near Fine HC

Simpson, Marc, et al. Williamstown: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2008. 

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 10 3/4" x 9 3/4", 267 pp. 

ISBN: 9780300134063

Hardcover in dark gray cloth, Near Fine pictorial dust jacket. Slight cocking to spine, some soiling to bottom edge of text block, minor sunning, light edgewear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 267 pp. Includes 105 color and 5 black-and-white images. From inside the dust jacket: "Focusing on this singular aesthetic characteristic -- softness -- Like Breath on Glass explores this painterly phenomenon through works by fifteen important artists, including [James McNeill] Whistler, George Inness, John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, John Henry Twachtman, and Eduard Steichen." Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from June 22 to October 19, 2008. Wonderful analysis of the various circumstances these artists experienced to motivate this shared artistic approach of painting softly.