Author: Emmanuel Bénézit
Publisher: Librairie Gründ, Paris
Edition: Nouvelle Édition entièrement refondue, revue et corrigée
Date: 1976
Format: Complete 10-volume set, original publisher’s cloth
The 1976 ten-volume Bénézit is one of the most respected art reference works ever published. This extensively revised edition covers painters, sculptors, engravers, illustrators, and draftsmen from every period and country, with artist biographies, bibliographies, signatures, monograms, museum holdings, and auction references. For decades it served as the standard reference used by museums, auction houses, galleries, and research libraries worldwide.