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American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
by Hughes, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0679426272
- ISBN 13
- 9780679426271
- Seller
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1997-04-22. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed. Signed by Robert Hughes (signature only) on title page in black ink, stated First Edition (no number line presumed first), tight clean unmarked, absolutely NO age toning, looks unread, boarks new looking & undamaged, dust jacket NOT price-clipped, dj in protective brodart cover, only one flaw a very small spot (stain) on fore-edge of text block, Near Fine/Fine.
Synopsis
Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. He has lived and worked in the United States since 1970. He has been art critic for TIME magazine for more than 25 years. His books include monographs on painters Lucien Freud and Frank Auerbach, a history of Australian art, Heaven and Hell in Western Art (1969), The Shock of the New (1981), The Fatal Shore (1987), a book of social criticism entitled The Culture of Complaint (1995), Barcelona (1992), and a collection of reviews, Nothing If Not Critical (1990). Hughes is the recipient of a number of awards and prizes for his work, most recently an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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- Bookseller
- Taos Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37471
- Title
- American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679426272
- ISBN 13
- 9780679426271
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997-04-22
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾"
- X weight
- 86 oz
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