World famous paintings book by rockwell kent

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Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks worldfamous paintings. World famous paintings edited by rockwell kent vintage 1939 1st ed. When i was about 12, at least 37 years ago, i first checked out world famous paintings from the great falls, montana, public library. World famous paintings edited by rockwell kent 1939 hb.

Kent also created the random house that, despite revision throughout the years, has been the colophon of that company since its inception in 1928. This book includes colored illustration plates of paintings with biographical information regarding each artist and the art, as well as other historical and related information. This book features full color plates of well known works of art, with descriptions and histories of each work and its respective artist. World famous paintings hardcover october 27, 20 by rockwell kent author 3.

Hand painted painting book of famous artist likeran. The book is a leatherbound hardcover with stamped cover decoration and a pasted front cover illustration. Tarrytown albany county, new york state, united states biography. It was already old, but there were other books in the art section that were older. Since i had no opportunity to buy a copy, i kept checking it out again and again. World famous paintings by kent, rockwell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Vintage 1939 world famous paintings book rockwell kent 100 color plates. Vintage 1939 world famous paintings book edited by rockwell kent, art boom, published by wm. Rockwell kent 1872 1971 is perhaps best known for his illustrations for the complete works of william shakespeare and moby dick. How much is the book edited by rockwell kent published in.

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