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1999 · rif. 199 — New Haven: American Federation of Arts Yale University Press 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Our copy is without blemish without any marks or creases or any flaws to the binding. See our photos./Very Good; some slight rubbing and shelf ware. A catalog for an exhibition organized by the Yale Center for British Art and the American Federation of Arts. The volume James Tissot: Victorian Life/Modern Love features nearly a hundred paintings prints and watercolors mostly in color from nearly every phase of the artist's career in the last half of the nineteenth century. Tissot himself known as a dandy documented the vanities and flirtations not to mention the fashions and foibles of the monied classes of his times mostly in Paris and London and usually with a sense of humor about it all. Susan P. Casteras professor of art history at the University of Washington said in her review that this book was “intended for various audiences and as such is definitely an admirable general source to add to library shelves.” “The catalogue is divided into useful thematic sections….The entries are full of interesting asides details and implications”she continued. 208 pages including notes chronology and bibliography. American Federation of Arts, Yale University Press hardcover