About this title: Signatures are unique and often reveal something of our individual personalities. In this book, John Wilmerding explores the unconventional use of signatures in paintings. The author focuses on American artists who have not simply signed their works on a corner of the canvas but have intentionally placed their signatures within the pictorial space of the painting. A painter's name or initials might, for instance, appear as an illusion on a wall or floor, on an object within an interior, or on some form in a landscape. Wilmerding examines such signatures in works by 27 artists from the 18th to ...
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Description: Fine. Exceptionally clean, like new hardcover with dust jacket. DJ shows minor wear. Tight binding. Crisp clean pages. We pack with care and ship promptly with Delivery Confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 4to. Internally clean and tight, very light shelfwear to boards, Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket that has only light shelfwear. Jacket now protected in Brodart. read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
Description: VG hardback in VG dustjacket. With B&W & col. illus. Dustjacket protected in removable clear film. A clean copy in tight binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
Description: Hardback, with dustwrapper. In as new condition. ISBN 0300097794. Please note, this is a heavier than standard book therefore extra postage charges will apply to destinations outside the UK. [From the cover] “After providing an overview of signatures in European art, Wilmerding looks closely at American painting. He argues that by placing a signature within a painting the artist may be making an explicit association with the setting or the situation depicted. He demonstrates that such ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
Description: Fine + in As New jacket. Subtitled "Signatures and Self-Expression in American Paintings". Eminent art historian focuses on American Artists who have not only signed their paintings but incorporated them within the pictorial space. Book is immacualte and as-new except that there is a very slight wavy quality to the pages, observable only when the closed text is viewed from the bottom edge. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Ct:
Date Published: 2003
Description: VG+/VG+ Very light wear to book & jacket. Binding tight.; B/w illustrations throughout, some in color. Index.; 4to 11"-13" tall; 203 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
Description: As New/Very Good. 8.25" x 10.25" Tall 0300097794 216 Pages. Study of artist's signatures in various works of American art. Explores how rather than just signing their name into a corner, some artists such Wyeth, Homer and Estes instead incorporate their signatures into the painting as part of the work. Also includes a brief overview of signatures in European art. Book may be in the original shrinkwrap. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN-13:9780300097795ISBN:0300097794
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