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Luminous Modernism Scandinavian Art Comes to America: A Retrospective 1912-2012

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Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America: A Centennial Retrospective 1912-2012 Charlotte Linvald, Janet Rauscher, Leth Ritzau, and Patricia and Edward Gallagher. The American-Scandinavian Foundation 2011. 1st Ed softcover. Published to commemorate the centennial of The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Luminous Modernism accompanies the exhibition at Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America that sought to reflect on and update the Foundation's first-ever exhibition, the highly influential Exhibition of Contemporary Scandinavian Art, held in 1912-1913. The original exhibition comprised 150 works by many of the leading artists working in Denmark, Norway and Sweden at the turn of the 20th c. Luminous Modernism brings together 48 works by Harriet Backer, Richard Bergh, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Jean Heiberg, Otto Hesselbom, Eugène Jansson, Ludvig Karsten, Nils Kreuger, Christian Krohg, Edvard Munch, Lauritz Andersen Ring, Erik Theodor Werenskiold and other Scandinavian modernists. NPT Books, a division of Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
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    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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    2011
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    new and unread.
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    valatie, NY
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    Seller: NP-1505K-1st1stDibs: LU2605123940162
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