van Devanter Ann C. and Alfred V. Frankenstein — American Self-Portraits, 1670-1973

Washington, DC, International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974. Softbound. White & color illus. wraps. 247 pp. 5 color, over 100 bw plates. Published to accompany several 1974 exhibitions offering "a major survey of more than one hundred works from Captian Thomas Smith to James Wyeth, [and] the first attempt of its kind to show American Artists in their soul-searching moments before their easels." (preface) The annotated and illustrated catalogue addresses 107 self-portraits and their artists, with a bibliography for each artist at the end of the book. A terrific source of information that could even be inspirational for budding artists, too. VG .