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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 1998
Despite its matter-of-fact title and awkward arrangement, this is a work of superior and often fascinating scholarship. The Detroit Institute of Arts' founding mission in the 1880s was to gather a strong collection of the art being produced by the numerous great American painters born in the 19th century. After nearly 120 years of acquisitions, its paintings place it among the first tier of American...Log In or Sign Up to Read More