Modern prints & drawings : a guide to a better understanding of modern draughtsmanship / selected and with an explanatory text by Paul J. Sachs.

Main entry:

Sachs, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1878-1965, author, selector.

Title & Author:

Modern prints & drawings : a guide to a better understanding of modern draughtsmanship / selected and with an explanatory text by Paul J. Sachs.

Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1954]
©1954

Description:

261 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-261).
David and the great moderns of the past, Manet and the impressionists -- Cézanne and post-impressionism -- The school of Paris, Matisse, and the Fauves -- Cubism, surrealism, other movements -- Expressionism and abstract art in northern Europe -- Italy -- England -- Mexico -- United States -- Technical processes.

Summary:

Covers the creative history of prints and drawings from the time of David, Goya, Delacroix, Daunier, and Corot to that of the mid-twentieth century in Europe, the United States, and Mexico. Illustrated by over 200 reproductions to complement the text.

Subject:

Prints.
Drawing.
Drawing Technique.
Art, Modern 19th century.
Art 20th century.
Prints Technique.
Estampe.
Dessin.
Dessin Technique.
Art 19e siècle.
Art 20e siècle.
Estampe Technique.
printmaking.
drawing (image-making)
Art, Modern
Art
Art 19th century.

Form/genre:

Drawing.
works of art.
Art
Books.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Modern prints and drawings

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108385
Call No.: ID:85-B17484
Status: Available

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