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Author / Creator: | Bénézit, E. (Emmanuel), 1854-1920. |
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Uniform title: | Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs & graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. English |
Imprint: | Paris : Gründ, 2006. |
Description: | 14 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5707271 |
Summary: | First English-language edition of the classic work of reference. Incomparable source of art-historical information. Revised and expanded for a wider audience. Over 170,000 entries. |
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Item Description: | First English-language edition of Emmanuel Bénézit's Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs, based on the 14-volume French edition published in 1999. Includes a number of new and updated entries--Preface. Managing editor of the English edition is Christopher John Murray; project manager is Karen Beaulah. Important contributors to the original French edition include Jacques Busse and Christophe Dorny--Cf. v. 14, p. [1457]. Includes records of sale prices achieved at auctions for many of the artists listed. |
Physical Description: | 14 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
Bibliography: | "Selected bibliography"--Vol. 14, p. 1453-1456. |
ISBN: | 2700030702 (set) 2700030729 (v. 2) 2700030737 (v. 3) 2700030745 (v. 4) 2700030753 (v. 5) 2700030761 (v. 6) 270003077X (v. 7) 2700030788 (v. 8) 2700030796 (v. 9) 270003080X (v. 10) 2700030818 (v. 11) 2700030826 (v. 12) 2700030834 (v. 13) 2700030842 (v. 14) |