The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1876-1916 / Robert Judson Clark, ed.

Identifier:REF.EC.1128

Dimensions:190 p. : illus. ; 35 cm.

Copyright dates:1972

created by: The Art Museum, Princeton Univ, The Art Institute of Chicago

text by: Martin Eidelberg, Susan Otis Thompson, David A. Hanks

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Arts and crafts movement--United States, Decorative arts, Exhibition catalogs

Description:This is the exhibition catalog for The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916 exhibition organized by the Art Museum, Princeton University and the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition ran at Princeton University from October 21-December 17, 1972; at The Art Institute of Chicago from February 24-April 22, 1973; and at the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution from June 1-September 10, 1973. The project was first proposed in November 1970 as a small exhibition to present a comprehensive survey of one of the most significant movements in late nineteenth-century America. Essays include: The Eastern Seaboard by Robert Judson Clark and others – Chicago and the Midwest by David A. Hanks – The Pacific Coast by Robert Judson Clark – The Arts and Crafts Book by Susan Ortis Thompson – Art Pottery by Martin Eidelberg. Also includes a list of lenders to the exhibition and a selected bibliography.