"There Is Hardly a Book That Has Not Seen Hard Use": Books for Working Artists
2015Oct13(Tue)–Dec14(Mon)About this exhibition
The Art Institute of Chicago has purchased artists’ manuals, treatises, and other publications for working artists since 1879.
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