| American Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800 to 1989 Contributor(s): Castagno, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810822490 ISBN-13: 9780810822498 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $331.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1990 Annotation: Lists 5,100 artists, with nearly 10,000 signature examples with biographical, bibliographical, and auction sources. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Reference - Crafts & Hobbies - Art | American - General |
| Dewey: 760.027 |
| LCCN: 89-28371 |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 8.8" W x 11.3" (4.75 lbs) 844 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Listing 5,100 artists, with nearly 10,000 signatures, Castagno gives approximately 25% more information about artists' full names and birth and death dates than any other directory; lists nearly 1,000 artists overlooked by the American Art Annuals; and includes many important 19th-century artists and notable late 20th-century artists omitted in other indexed directories. With 600 listings of prominent Canadian and Latin American artists, and 900 listings of monograms, pseudonyms, symbols, etc. that would be unidentifiable without the use of the book. |