The Flag Paintings of Childe Hassam by Ilene Susan Fort - 1988

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Hardcover. FINE/FINE. When one of America's most prestigious museums prepares a touring exhibition of the most important works of Americas' premier impressionist painter, it's a truly celebratory occasion. And when that museum's Associate Curator of American Art prepares a 128 page book of the paintings involved in the exhibition, this becomes a TRULY COLLECTIBLE book. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE FLAG PAINTINGS OF CHILDE HASSAM. Painted during WWI in NYC on and near Fifth Avenue, the Flag Paintings are arguably Hassam's most significant late works. 8 3/4" x 9 7/8" (may require extra postage) with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. Overall book is FINE. Dust Jacket is FINE. Pages = As New: tight, white, clear, sharp, no marks. Cover (red cloth boards with particulars blind stamped on front and in gold gilt on spine) = Near Fine: water stains to top 1/4 of back, else As New. Unclipped dust jacket (glossy cream stiff paper, with one of the flag paintings reproduced front with particulars in blue, a painting of the artist back, and particulars in black on the spine) = Fine: few scratches and fold marks front and back from the extra fold over quarter folds of the jacket .