— Lockwood de Forest: Painter, Importer, Decorator

Huntington, NY, Heckscher Museum, 1976. Gold/red wraps. 52, [7] pp. 42 bw plates. Includes a foreword by Eva Ingersoll Gatling and a lengthy essay by Anne Suydam Lewis with 152 notes that covers these topics: family life and early travels, 1850-1879; the Associated Artists and the first trip to India, 1879-1882; independent decorating and the move west, 1883-1922; and later writings on art and paintings, 1922-1932, summary and evaluation. Also includes a bibliography, unpublished materials, and a catalogue of 102 works and 50 Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan household furnishings, carved teak, metalwork, and jewelry. Also includes lengthy Errata sheet often missing, as well as photocopy of the separate catalogue listing off objects in the exhibition. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Huntington, NY: Heckscher Museum, 1976, one other location. VG, slight writing on upper cover not bad .