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Capital Portraits
Carr, Carolyn Kinder; Miles, Ellen G.
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Description for Capital Portraits
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 858.
Capital Portraits: Treasures from Washington Private Collections presents little-known artistic treasures from important Washington area private collections. These portraits by major artists date from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and they speak to the many reasons that paintings and sculpture continue to represent and capture human likenesses and personalities. Privately collected, commissioned, or inherited, they have seldom, if ever, been seen in a public setting. The catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from April 1 through September 5, 2011, illustrates the portraits and recounts their histories, including comments by living sitters about having their portraits ... Read more
Capital Portraits: Treasures from Washington Private Collections presents little-known artistic treasures from important Washington area private collections. These portraits by major artists date from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and they speak to the many reasons that paintings and sculpture continue to represent and capture human likenesses and personalities. Privately collected, commissioned, or inherited, they have seldom, if ever, been seen in a public setting. The catalogue, which accompanies an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from April 1 through September 5, 2011, illustrates the portraits and recounts their histories, including comments by living sitters about having their portraits ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Smithsonian Books United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781935623007
SKU
V9781935623007
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About Carr, Carolyn Kinder; Miles, Ellen G.
Carolyn Kinder Carr is deputy director and chief curator of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Her previous works include Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848 (2007) and Hans Namuth: Portraits (1999). Ellen Miles is curator emerita of painting and sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery. Her previous works include Gilbert Stuart, with Carrie ... Read more
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