Celebrity Caricature in America Tapa dura - 1998

Smithsonian Institue, 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1850grams, ISBN:9780300074635

UsedVeryGood. Some signs of wear/scuffs/discoloration/inscribing on dust jacket & flyleaf but book is in very good condition. Text is clean. Stitching is tight.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0300074638 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Clear plastic laminated to dust jacket. ; 306 pages .

Yale University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Mae West, George Gershwin, the Marx Brothers, Babe Ruth -- these were just a few of the celebrities caricatured in popular American periodicals during the first half of the twentieth century. This delightful book presents hundreds of these rediscovered drawings and introduces an overlooked type of portraiture based on modern design and a preoccupation with personality-based fame.Wendy Wick Reaves explores the roots of celebrity caricature in the pre-World War I culture of New York and charts its growth into a fad during the 1920s and 1930s. She tells how caricatures of the famous permeated the press -- Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, the New York World, and other periodicals -- and appeared as well on silk dresses, theater curtains, and cigarette cases. She recounts the careers of many of the masters of the art, including Al Hirschfeld, Miguel Covarrubias, Al Frueh, Ralph Barton, and Marius de Zayas, and shows how their stylized portraits of the famous reveal the… Leer más

New Haven and London: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in association with Yale University Press, (1998). first printing. hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto, xiii [1] 306 pages, red cloth covers. Lavishly illustrated in both color and black and white. Tri-fold exhibition brochure from National Gallery laid in. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Adiitional inscription by the author on a note paper-clipped to front endpaper (leaving a light paper clip indent on the endpaper). 021210D This over-size book may incur additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

Washington: Smithsonian, 1998. hardcover. fine/fine. Color frontispiece with illustrations throughout. xiii, 306pp. 4to, red cloth, d.w. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, (1998). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 1998. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: Art History).