Modern Sculpture, Impressionism & Portraiture | 5 Volumes

Lot includes all five books and 10% off gift certificate to Marble & Canvas.

Explore the evolution of modern art through this handsome collection of five richly illustrated art and museum volumes, spanning modern sculpture, Impressionism, portraiture, and important museum collections.

Highlights include A. M. Hammacher's The Evolution of Modern Sculpture (1969), an expansive examination of the development of modern sculptural practice, and The Collection of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1988), celebrating works from one of Kansas City's most important cultural institutions.

The collection also features Paul Peel (1986), devoted to the accomplished Canadian academic painter, alongside two substantial exhibition publications devoted to masters of European portraiture.

Renoir's Portraits: Impressions of an Age (1997) is an extensively illustrated 384-page volume produced in association with the National Gallery of Canada and accompanying an exhibition that traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago and Kimbell Art Museum.

Peter Funnell's Millais: Portraits (1999), published in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery, examines the portraiture of Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais and includes more than 170 illustrations.

Together, these five volumes make an appealing collection for the artist, collector, art historian, or museum enthusiast.