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Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers.) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tina Skinner, Bruce Magnotti, Harrison Fisher
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 477870
Media: Paperback
Pages: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 076430741X
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.6092
EAN: 9780764307416
ASIN: 076430741X
Publication Date: January 1999
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Product Description
Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty is the largest picturial guide to this popular artist ever produced. Nearly 450 color and black and white reproductions of his magazine covers and book illustrations document this important artist's career. Harrison Fisher enjoyed incomparable fame from 1905 to 1920, achieving celebrity status and holding the enviable position of national beauty judge. Fisher portrayed the American woman as an outgoing, lively personality, wealthy and healthy. She rode horses, played tennis, and motored in the new automobiles while holding court for admiring men. Fisher's portrayals of such beauties added market value to dozens of novels as well as hundreds of magazines which clamored for his art on both their covers and inside pages. With Fisher's work extremely hot on the collectibles market, new and seasoned buyers alike will benefit from the advice of antiques dealer and Price Guide author Bruce Magnotti.
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 Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty August 9, 2005
Kuddel Daddel (San Diego, CA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Outstanding ! Great Artwork ! Highly recommended for any Lover of Harrison Fisher Paintings. 5 Stars for this one.
 Good, But Not the Best, Resource on Harrison Fisher August 9, 2001
--corinne-- (North Texas)
I am a devotee of Harrison Fisher.This will certainly be one of the books you will want to add to your reference section on Harrison Fisher, but it's not the best. Some of the shortcomings for this book are:
1) It does not come in hardcover
2) Too many of the illustrations are in black & white
3) Many of the illustrations are not named and/or the source is not given.
4) Many of the pages are cluttered with too many illustrations which are pictured too small. Naomi Welch's "The Complete Works of Harrison Fisher" is the superior reference on Harrison Fisher's works. Welch's biography on Harrison Fisher is more extensive; the bio in this one is disappointing. However, so few reference works exist on Harrison Fisher that there should be room on your bookshelf for this one. It has a nice length, good number of illustrations, and it's more inexpensive than "The Complete Works".
It has satisfactory coverage of Fisher's illustrations.
Decorating Artwork May 21, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
IF you find that you are buying the popular Victorian Ladies note cards and collecting antique victorian ladies prints, then you will love this book. I found all the ladies that I collected over the years plus a whole lot of others. Plus Amozon's prices is much cheaper than other companies Fisher Victorian Ladies books.
A Great Primer for Harrison Fisher's Art March 29, 2000
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
This profusely illustrated book is a great companion for the collector of Harrison Fisher's work or Edwardian graphics. Devotees of turn of the century costume will also find a wealth of source material in this book. Well written and researched, this is a great primer for the beginning collector.
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