Kaufman's American Painting Book

1871

Theodore Kaufmann

Artist, American, born Germany, 1814 - 1896

Louis Prang

Publisher, American, 1824 - 1909

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with twelve chromolithographs

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 35.56 × 27.94 × 2.38 cm (14 × 11 × 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.117.17

Media for this artwork is unavailable and the object is not on view. See artworks now on view

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Tamerlane Books, Havertown, Pennsylvania); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1989; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1871

  • Kaufmann, Theodore. Kaufmann's American Painting Book. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1871.

Inscriptions

lower right endpaper in graphite by unknown hand: (1st. / 12 tipped-in chromolithographs on 4 leaves / (The LC Cat notes only 10 plates on 4 leaves) / CAPS - The dedicatee's copy (with bookplate of W.W. / Corcoran, the founder of the famous art gallery, / to whom the book is dedicated.) / Sm. folio, full morocco, ruled in blind, some / rubbing, &c. Moderate foxing.

You may be interested in

Loading Results