Fifty prints exhibited by the Institute, 1926 / with an introduction by Ralph M. Pearson.

Fifty prints exhibited by the Institute, 1926 / with an introduction by Ralph M. Pearson.

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REF.EC.1893
[6]. 1-10 p., [25] leaves of plates ; 32 cm.
1926
Ralph M. Pearson
John Day Company
New York
Exhibition catalogs, Printmaking, creating with the arts, Lithography, Wood-engraving, Etching
"The fifty prints reproduced in this book constitute the first annual exhibition of original American prints of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The exhibition opened in New York, and thereafter was shown in about thirty cities from coast to coast...the reproductions of this book fall into two sections: the [prints from 1-25 having been chosen by Ernest D. Roth as representing the highest level attained by artists of the academic school; those from 26-50 having been chosen by Ralph M. Pearson from among the prints of artists of the so-called "modern" school."-- from foreword.