Great French Paintings From the Barnes Museum

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Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation, by Richard Wattenmaker and team. London: Little Brown, 1993. First printing. Particularly strong … Read more Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation, by Richard Wattenmaker and team. London: Little Brown, 1993. First printing. Particularly strong in Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso, and Matisse, the highlight is probably the studies Matisse executed for a huge mural of Le Danse, specially commissioned by Barnes and painted twice, when the original measurements turned out to be inaccurate. (The Museum of the City of Paris now has the first version.) 318 pages, with three fold-outs. See less