Collection of 11 Biographies and Correspondence on Whistler, comprising: "Whistler on Art: Selected Letters and Writings of James McNeill Whistler", "La Chauve-Souris et le Papillon: Correspondance Montesquiou-Whistler", "Whistler and His Mother: An Unexpected Relationship", Walden, Sarah, "Whistler's Father", Parry, Albert, "Whistler: A Biography", Wientraub, Stanley, "The Man Whistler", Pearson, Hesketh, "A Biography of J.A.M. Whistler: Victorian Outsider", McMullen, Roy, "A Pot of Paint: Aesthetics on Trial in Whistler v. Ruskin", Merrill, Linda, "Whistler's Mother, Mumford, Elizabeth, "James McNeill Whistler: A Novel", Williams, Lawrence, "Whistler's Mother's Cook Book", MacDonald, Margaret. Largest: 9.25" L x 6.5" W x 1.5" D. Provenance: From the Estate of Martin W. Hutner. Keywords: Books, Library, American Artists, Painter, Watercolor, Biography, Memoir, Letters, Writing, Correspondence, Collectibles, Collectables, American Gilded Age

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