Frankenstein, Alfred (text.).

The Reality of Appearance: The Trompe l'Oeil Tradition in American Painting. [Exhibition catalogue]. [Signed and inscribed by author to Peter Selz].

New York, NY: New York Graphic Society, Ltd., 1970. 4to. 156 pp. Soft brown and color illustrated wraps with white and black lettering. Good with edgewear and creasing along front wrap. Color plates. Includes a note of acknowledgments by Peter Selz. Includes works by Alexander Pope, Edwin Romanzo Elmer, Edward A. Goodes, Richard LaBarre Goodwin, William Michael Harnett et al. Catalogue created to accompany the traveling exhibition “The Reality of Appearance: The Trompe l'Oeil Tradition in American Painting,” organized by the University Art Museum, Berkeley and touring numerous museums between March 21 and October 31, 1970. First free end paper, which is also the title page, is signed and inscribed in blue ink from the catalogue’s author, Alfred Frankenstein, to Peter Selz, dated June 4, 1970. Scarce.

.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. Item #18-7699

Price: $100.00