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Book SynopsisThe DeMell Jacobsen Collection of paintings and sculpture—an assemblage rich in American cultural heritage—parallels the development of art in the United States. American Made features some of the country’s most recognized artists: Thomas Cole, John Kensett, Asher B. Durand and William Trost Richards, while works by Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam, Willard Leroy Metcalf and William Merritt Chase represent the Grand Tour and concepts gained abroad. Wonderful still lifes appear throughout the collection, including paintings by Severin Roesen, William Harnett and a late work by William Bailey. Portraiture is represented in stellar examples by members of the Peale family, Thomas Sully, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Edmund Charles Tarbell. Classically-inspired marble works from Hiram Powers and Randolph Rogers, bronze pieces from Paul Manship and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and a modern copper and bronze example from Harry Bertoia are highlights of the sculpture collection. Early modernist and interwar works by Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Emil Bisttram, Paul Cadmus and Joseph Stella explore colour, form and abstraction. Highlights of contemporary art include works by Frank Stella, Louise Nevelson and a recently acquired painting by Alexis Rockman. Fully illustrated—with several paintings including profiles of their appropriate period frames—each work of art features an extended entry with full specifications, information on style and stylistic influences, significance and social context.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments by Diane DeMell Jacobsen PhD Introduction by Elizabeth Heuer PhD Collector's Story by Diane DeMell Jacobsen Notes on Conservation by Paul Haner The Art of Frames by Diane DeMell Jacobsen and Joan Oklevitch Catalogue entries by Ani Boyajian, P. Scott Brown Ph.D., Elizabeth Finch Ph.D., Debra Force, Kathleen Foster Ph.D., Diana Greenwold Ph.D., Eleanor Harvey Ph.D., Kelley N. Keator, Jennifer Klaus, Shalini Le Gall Ph.D, Amara McMann, Corey Piper Ph.D., Michael Quick, James Reinish, Ellen Roberts Ph.D., Kevin Sharp, Heidi Cleaves Smith, Jonathan Stuhlman Ph.D., Diana Tuite, and Spencer Wigmore Ph.D. Photo Credits Index
