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- catalog abstract ""For the first time in its long history, The Art Institute of Chicago is publishing a catalogue of its extensive collection of American art. This landmark publication features 200 of the museum's finest American works. Among the highlights are paintings by Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, George Inness, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler; sculptures by Horatio Greenough, Harriet Hosmet, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Lorado Taft; furniture from the colonial era to the twentieth century, including masterpieces by Herter Brothers and Frank Lloyd Wright; and superb silver and glass objects." "The featured works in the collection are discussed in 150 short essays written by Barter, Kimberly Rhodes, and Seth A. Thayer, with contributions by Andrew Walker. All of these essays include new research, and are the most authoritative studies of these important objects. The authors have presented their findings in an accessible style that will engage both the general reader and the specialist. For anyone interested in American art, this is an indispensable guide to a great collection."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11088023.
- catalog contributor b11088024.
- catalog contributor b11088025.
- catalog contributor b11088026.
- catalog contributor b11088027.
- catalog contributor b11088028.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""For the first time in its long history, The Art Institute of Chicago is publishing a catalogue of its extensive collection of American art. This landmark publication features 200 of the museum's finest American works. Among the highlights are paintings by Mary Cassatt, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, George Inness, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler; sculptures by Horatio Greenough, Harriet Hosmet, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Lorado Taft; furniture from the colonial era to the twentieth century, including masterpieces by Herter Brothers and Frank Lloyd Wright; and superb silver and glass objects." "The featured works in the collection are discussed in 150 short essays written by Barter, Kimberly Rhodes, and Seth A. Thayer, with contributions by Andrew Walker. All of these essays include new research, and are the most authoritative studies of these important objects. The authors have presented their findings in an accessible style that will engage both the general reader and the specialist. For anyone interested in American art, this is an indispensable guide to a great collection."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "American art in the "great grey city" : the evolution of a collection at the Art Institute of Chicago / Judith A. Barter -- The American Arts Collection / Judith A. Barter, Kimberly Rhodes, and Seth A. Thayer ; with contributions by Andrew Walker.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "359 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "American arts at the Art Institute of Chicago.".
- catalog identifier "0865591725".
- catalog isFormatOf "American arts at the Art Institute of Chicago.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago, Ill. : Art Institute of Chicago ; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press,".
- catalog relation "American arts at the Art Institute of Chicago.".
- catalog spatial "Illinois Chicago".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "Art Illinois Chicago Catalogs.".
- catalog subject "Art Institute of Chicago Catalogs.".
- catalog subject "Art, American Catalogs.".
- catalog subject "Arts, Modern United States Catalogs.".
- catalog subject "N6505 .A735 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "American art in the "great grey city" : the evolution of a collection at the Art Institute of Chicago / Judith A. Barter -- The American Arts Collection / Judith A. Barter, Kimberly Rhodes, and Seth A. Thayer ; with contributions by Andrew Walker.".
- catalog title "American arts at The Art Institute of Chicago : from Colonial times to World War I / Judith A. Barter, Kimberly Rhodes, and Seth A. Thayer, with contributions by Andrew Walker.".
- catalog type "Catalogs. fast".
- catalog type "text".