A Neglected Master

George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, by Michael Quick (Rutgers, 2 vols., 1,274 pp., $400 the boxed set)

HERE’s an early Christmas-gift idea for that special art-lover on your list. George Inness (1825-1894) is one of the two or three greatest American painters (along with Thomas Eakins and whoever your favorite happens to be), and this sumptuous catalogue raisonné-some two decades in the making-is the definitive record of Inness’s achievement. I know: At $400 a pop, the book is probably one you will want to reserve for someone you regard with particular affection-or perhaps someone whom you wish so to regard you. I hasten to point out, however, that this lucky individual might just as well be you as another.

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Roger Kimball

Mr. Kimball is publisher of Encounter Books, and co-editor and publisher of The New Criterion.

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George Inness: A Catalogue Raisonné, by Michael Quick (Rutgers, 2 vols., 1,274 pp., $400 the boxed set)

HERE’s an early Christmas-gift idea for that special art-lover on your list. George Inness (1825-1894) is one of the two or three greatest American painters (along with Thomas Eakins and whoever your favorite happens to be), and this sumptuous catalogue raisonné-some two decades in the making-is the definitive record of Inness’s achievement. I know: At $400 a pop, the book is probably one you will want to reserve for someone you regard with particular affection-or perhaps someone whom you wish so to regard you. I hasten to point out, however, that this lucky individual might just as well be you as another.