Mr. Lumen Reed's Picture Gallery: A Pioneer Collection of American Art by Foshay, Ella M - 1990

Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1990. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Size: 4to. 228 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Tan decorated cloth over boards, Bibliography, Notes, Index, 151 illustrations, including 66 plates in full-color, Catalogue of by Timothy Anglin Burgard, A Family Memoir by Margaret Preston Symonds, Introduction by Wayne Craven. In a color illustrated dust jacket. "Between 1830 and his death in 1836, New York merchant lumen read assembled one of the first significant collections of American art. 'Lumen Reed's Picture Gallery' is an exhaustive study of Reed's activities as a collector and patron of the arts. It is a model of cultural history that captures an important episode in the history of American aesthetics and taste." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 2 oz. Category: Art & Design; Books; ISBN: 0810937514. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 008092. .