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Home > Resources > "The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000," by Walt Reed

“The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000,” by Walt Reed

First published in 1966 as The Illustrator in America, 1900-1960 and re-issued in 1984 as The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration, Walt Reed has published this final edition to include expanded scholarship and information on additional artists. 

Reed's writings, which reflected his vast knowledge about the history of illustration and individual American illustrators, established a significant base of scholarship and have spurred appreciation and understanding of the art of illustration.

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