Hendricks, Gordon — The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins

New York, Grossman Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Brick cloth with gilt lettering. Color-illustrated dj with bw lettering on red spine. xxx, 367 pp. 55 color, 305 bw plates. Considers well the life and work of American artist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916). A monumental biography. Includes a bibliography, chronology, and lists Eakins' work in public collections. Very thorough. Contents as follows: Birth, childgood, youth (1844-1866) -- First months in Paris (1866-1867) -- Gerome, Bonnat, and Dumont (1867-1869) -- Spain (1869-1870) -- Back in Philadelphia (1870-1875) -- Portrait of Professor Gross (1875-1876) -- First academy yeats (1876-1879) -- In charge at the academy (1879-1886) -- Work during the academy years (1876-1886) -- Exile. The Philadelphia Art Students' League (1886-c. 1892) -- Work in photography (c.1880-c.1905) -- The great portrait period, I (1892- 1900) -- The great portrait period, II (1900-1908) -- Decline and death (1908- 1916) -- Posthumous recognition. Good+/Good- (Clean, tight interior but with wear to cloth covers. Price sticker on ffep, along with some pencil notes. DJ matches the book title/dimensions but is from the Viking edition, not Grossman. Dj also is worn at edges/head & tail of spine, rubbed in general, and lightly faded at spine.