Life in America; a special loan exhibition of paintings held during the period of the New York World's fair, April 24 to October 29 [1939].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Contributor:

Wehle, Harry B. (Harry Brandeis), 1887-1969.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

World's Fairs and Expositions Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, American--Exhibitions.

Painting, American.

Portraits, American--Exhibitions.

Portraits, American.

United States--History--Pictorial works.

United States.

History.

United States--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

History in art.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Zinman, Michael (donor) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

xxix pages, 1 leaf, 230 pages, 1 leaf : illustrations (including portraits) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : [Scribner Press], 1939.

Contents:

List of lenders

Preface

Table of contents

Introduction: A visual account of life in America / Harry B. Wehle

Catalogue: Life in America for three hundred years

[Paintings of life in America]

Notes:

"A visual account of life in America", by H.B. Wehle: p. xv-xxix.

"10000 copies were printed by the Scribner Press under the direction of David Silve in April 1939."

"A visual account of life in America", by H. B. Wehle: p. xv-xxix.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket (torn at front and back) retained.

RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Michael Zinman.

Other Format:

Online version: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Life in America.

OCLC:

716009