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Indlæser... Coming Home: American Paintings, 1930/1950, from the Schoen Collectionaf Erika Lee Doss
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)759.13The arts Painting History, geographic treatment, biography United States and Canada United StatesLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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The bulk of the volume, from page 41 to page 319 comprises the catalogue. Each painting is allotted a double page spread, the image on the left hand page with a brief biography of the artist and comments about the painting on the facing page. Occasionally the comments extend to two pages followed by a full page bleed illustration of a detail of the painting. There are about one hundred and forty full colour plates in all.
This is a well produced work, with an attractive page layout and imaginative typography. While I have not seen the original works in flesh the colour reproduction here seems to be a little subdued, an impression not helped (or perhaps created by) by the large amount of white space surrounding each image. It is perhaps unfortunate that the bulk of the pictures here are landscape in format whilst the book itself is portrait, combined with the wide side margins this results in the image occupying less than half the total page area, sometimes considerably less than that; by contrast the few full page bleed illustrations appear bright and vibrant.
The Schoen Collection contains a fascinating and varied selection of paintings, and this handsome volume, which despite being a paperback has a feeling of quality, is well worth having. ( )