Westport Artists of the Past: A Bicentennial Exhibition, 1976

Title: Westport Artists of the Past: A Bicentennial Exhibition, 1976 Author: Slaughter, William Publication: Westport, Connecticut: Westport Bicentennial Arts Committee, 1976. Description: Exhibition catalog for "Westport Artists of the Past: A Bicentennial Exhibition," held at the Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut, June 12-June 30, 1976. The exhibition was designed by Walter Einsel and organized by the Westport Bicentennial Arts Committee "to celebrate...the rich artistic heritage of the Town of Westport." The catalog was written by William Slaughter, designed by Howard Munce, and printed by Thrush Press. Contains biographies of nineteen Westport artists, including John Steuart Curry, Arthur Dove, Guy Pene Du Bois, Kerr Eby, James Earle Fraser, Lila Howard, and others. With numerous black-and-white illustrations, including photographs of the artists and depictions of their work. In stapled pictorial card wrappers, with John Steuart Curry's "John Brown" printed in color on