The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance A Catalogue Raisonne by Fine, Ruth E. & Robert F. Looney - 1986

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Gray cloth in unclipped jacket. Small folio. 340 pp. Black and white art reproductions throughout, with a few in color at the rear. A catalogue raisonne presenting 536 lithographs and 19 etchings, all of the work known by Spruance. With a detailed look at the art, method, techniques and themes employed by the artist. Benton Murdoch Spruance was an American artist and printmaker, perhaps best known in the Philadelphia area. His work documented American culture and won many prizes. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and rubbing to the jacket, with a hint of soiling. Book with very minor wear.

Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, gray and color illusustrated dust jacket; viii, 340 pp., BW illustrations and 5 color plates. "The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance is a catalogue raisonne of all of Spruance's known prints: the 536 lithographs and 19 etchings drypoints, aquatints, woodcuts, and monprints. Ruth Fine's introduction to the catalogue perceptively analyzes Spruance's themes and techniques, traces his development as an artist, and assesses twentieth century. Robert Looney's foreword and essays by Jerome Kaplan and Samuel Maitlin, who knew Spruance well, give insight into the man and his life." - dust jacker description.

University of Pennsylvania Press. Used - Very Good. 1986. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 340 pp. Profusely illustrated. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket otherwise protected by acetate cover. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Art & Graphic Design.)

Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia by University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 340pp. Introduction by Robert F. Looney. Catalogue by Ruth E. Fine and Robert F. Looney. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Comprehensive list of Spruance's know prints with 536 lithographs and 19 etchings, drypoints, aquatints, woodcuts, and monoprints.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press in cooperation with The Free Library of Philadelphia, [1986]., 1986. 4to. pp. 340. colour frontis. profusely illus. in b/w. biblio. index. cloth. dw. Catalogue Raisonné.. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.