America's Art: Masterpieces from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- ISBN-10
- 0810955326
- ISBN-13
- 9780810955325
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 324
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-04-01
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Author
- Theresa J. Slowik
Description
Celebrating the reopening of the newly restored Smithsonian American Art Museum, a premier collection of American art features more than 250 reproductions of great works of American painting, sculpture, folk art, and photography, by such artists as Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Nam June Paik, and other luminaries.
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