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American Arts Media, Inc., Leawood, Kansas, Published 1997. Wraps, 160 pp.; 28 cm; profusely illustrated in full color throughout. ISSN 0092-1327. Issue number 50 of the journal. Cover image: Bessie H. Wessel, "Girl with Teddy Bear" (c. 1950, oil on masonite, 30 x 26 in., the Wessel estate). The cover artist is also a feature subject of the issue (see Wessel article below).
In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial wraps with light bumping to edges and minor surface scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.Edited and published by Thomas R. Kellaway with senior editors William H. Gerdts and William I. Homer. Indexed in Bibliography of the History of Art.Feature articles: "First Fitzhughs of Virginia: A Colonial Dynasty Painted by John Hesselius" by William Rasmussen (Virginia Historical Society, Richmond); "Evelina Mount, 1837-1920" by Ira G. Berkow (Museums at Stony Brook, New York); "The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women" by Jean Woods (Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland); "John Douglas Woodward: Shaping the Landscape Image, 1865-1910" by Sue Rainey (Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia); "Charles Atherton Cumming: A Deep Root for Iowa Art" by Richard Leet; "Herman & Bessie Wessel: At Home and Abroad" by Carol A. Cyran (Cincinnati Art Club); "David Hunter Strother: One of the Best Draughtsmen the Country Possesses" by John A. Cuthbert (West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown); "Thomas King Baker: His Secret Life" by Henry Adams; and "East Meets West: American Impressionism" by William A. Coles.