Title: NATIONAL ART GALLERY OF CANADA: Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Etchings and Sculpture.
Binding: Green cloth hardcover Book Condition: Interior Very Good (clean and sound), binding Good (evidence of spillage to spine and rear board, less so to front board) Jacket Condition: no dj. Publisher: Ottawa Government Printing Bureau 1913
Seller ID: 1401
1913 was an important formative year for the National Gallery. 384 Canadian & European works of art catalogued under 220 artist entries in 5 sections: oil paintings; water-colours; drawings, etchings and designs; architectural drawings; and sculpture. Includes artists' bios (varies from a couple lines to a couple pages), number and title of piece(s) with little or no description (e.g., "sepia and gouache", "diploma picture", "bought by the Advisory Arts Council, 1908"). 177p: chain-laid paper; 14 leaves of black/white plates on coated paper hors-texte; 24cm. Index. 637g.
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