Signs of the Artist: Signatures and Self-Expression in American Paintings

by John Wilmerding

Book Overview

Signatures are unique and often reveal something of our individual personalities. In this intriguing book, John Wilmerding--an eminent historian of American art--explores the unconventional use of signatures in paintings. The author focuses on American artists who have not simply signed their works on a corner of the canvas but have intentionally placed their signatures within thepictorial space of the painting. A painter's name or...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300097794
• ISBN13: 9780300097795
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.5"