Capital Portraits Treasures from Washington Private Collections |
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| Author:
| Carr, Carolyn Kinder
Miles, Ellen G. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-935623-00-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Capital Portraits: Treasures from Washington Private Collections presents little-known artistic treasures from important Washington area private collections. These portraits by major artists date from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and they speak to the many reasons that paintings and sculpture continue to represent and capture human likenesses and personalities. Privately collected, commissioned, or inherited, they have seldom, if ever, been seen in a public setting.
Capital Portraits: Treasures from Washington Private Collections presents little-known artistic treasures from important Washington area private collections. These portraits by major artists date from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, and they speak to the many reasons that paintings and sculpture continue to represent and capture human likenesses and personalities. Privately collected, commissioned, or inherited, they have seldom, if ever, been seen in a public setting.