Homer, William Innes (editor) — Eakins at Avondale and Thomas Eakins: A Personal Collection

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, Brandywine River Museum, 1980. Softcover. White & illustrated wraps. 78 pp. 1 color, 60+ bw plates. Title on cover: EAKINS. Issued in conjunction with a March 15-May 18, 1980 exhibition of artwork and ephemera related to American realist Thomas Eakins (1844-1916). With introduction by William Innes Homer. essay by Homer (Eakins, The Crowells, and The Avondale Experience), Sue Himelick Nutty (Avondale in Eakins' Time), James W. Crowell (Recollections of Life on The Crowell Farm), John G. Lamb Jr. (Eakins and The Arcadian Themes), Nancy K. Anderson (Cowboys In The Badlands and The Role of Avondale) Michael W. Panhorst (The Equestrian Sculptures for The Brooklyn Memorial Arch) Jane E. Myers (Eakins and The 1704 Brinton House). Essays are followed by an exhibition listing of 92 works. This is followed by a description of the Adelman/Dietrich collection, which lists more than 80 items, many of them photographs, letters, and artifacts. Many are pictured here. Uncommon. VG-. Some light wear and scuffing to covers; one copy has foxing along spine. May have some light pencil writing inside, but mostly clean and tight.