• Title: Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945
• Author/Editor(s) Sarah Cash, editor, Emily Dana Shapiro, Lisa Strong, et al.
• Publisher: Lucia Marquand; 1st edition (April 16, 2011)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 356 pages
• eBook: PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1555953611
• ISBN-13: 978-1555953614
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Book Description

This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.

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