The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 1980, HC, VG.
The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 1980, HC, VG.
The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 1980, HC, VG.
The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 1980, HC, VG.

The Painterly Print: Monotypes from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century, 1980, HC, VG.

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Janis, Eugenia Paris, et al. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 10 1/2" x 9 1/4", [VI] XIII, [2] 261 pp.
ISBN: 0870992236

Gray cloth over board, stamped gilt lettering to front and spine, minor sunning to edges, light warping to text block, slight cocking to spine, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good light brown pictorial dust jacket, featuring Milton Avery's 1950 artwork "Myself in Blue Beret" to front panel, white and black lettering to front panel and spine, black lettering to interior flaps, 1/2" and 1/4" closed tears to front panel, 1/4" closed tear to spine, minor wear to tips and tail, some shelf wear and light soiling to back panel, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. [VI] XIII, [2] 261 pp. Includes 158 illustrations with 26 full-color, Foreword by Philippe de Montebello and Jan Fontein, Preface, 2 essays by Eugenia Parry Janis, Michael Mazur, 4 essays and catalogue text by Sue Welsh Reed, Barbara Stern Shapiro, David W. Kiehl, Colta Ives, Bibliography, and Index of Artists. From inside dust jacket: "This book presents the first historical survey of monotypes. Curators from the departments of prints, drawings, and photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, discuss and illustrate 106 unique prints by forty-two artists ranging from Rembrandt and Castiglione, Matisse and Picasso, Prendergast and Chase, to diverse contemporary figures as Jim Dine, Sam Francis, Robert Motherwell, and Richard Diebenkorn."