Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940
Oversized hardcover: 166 pages + Index
Format: Hardcover, 13.5 × 10.5 inches (approx.)

By Peyton Boswell, Jr. Editor of "The Art Digest"

Elegant 1940 hardcover edition of Modern American Painting by Peyton Boswell Jr., editor of The Art Digest. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, this beautifully produced volume features eighty‑nine full‑color illustrations selected from Life magazine’s celebrated series on contemporary American artists.

Bound in textured gray‑blue cloth with gold circular title lettering, the book captures the spirit of America’s emerging modern art movement of the 1930s and 1940s. The foreword highlights Life magazine’s role in promoting American painters, making this a historically significant art reference.

A fine addition for collectors of vintage art books, American modernism, or illustrated publications, and a striking display piece for any studio or library. Very good – clean pages, tight binding, light shelf wear to cover consistent with age. Spotless interior

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