George Inness, N.A.: A Memorial of the Student, the Artist, and the Man.
New York: The Collector, 1895. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2350601
Signed limited edition, #57 of 150 copies. Edges a bit rubbed with minor loss of leather from corners, Sherman Art Library stamp on front endpaper. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
51 pp. Red leather spine and corners, gilt titles, marbled boards and endpapers. A brief study of the American landscape painter's life and work, which was influenced by the Hudson River School, the Old Masters, and the spiritualism of Emanual Swedenborg. Also includes realized values for the February 15, 1895 sale. This work was originally published in the October 1894 issue of The Collector, and this limited edition was published upon his death as a sort of memorial. Includes supplementary material by George William Sheldon, Elliott Daingerfield, and George Inness himself, gathered from The Century Magazine, The Monthly Illustrator, and Harper's Magazine.
Price: $350.00