256 pp. include 179 illustrations, 65 in color. Folio, cloth. New York, Abrams, 1989. AS NEW.

This is the first full-length, comprehensive, illustrated study of the artistic genius of Albert Pinkham Ryder, one of the most widely admired and enigmatic artists America has ever produced. This volume brings to light an impressive amount of new information on the artist and features more of his work in color than has ever been published before, along with previously unseen photographs documenting Ryder's life, interviews with the artist, recollections of Ryder by other artists and close friends, and Ryder's own letters and poems. A special chapter on Ryder's technique by noted art conservator Sheldon Keck completes the volume along with a list of Ryder's authentic paintings and a chronology.