A comprehensive study of later American art from one of the world's premier collections
Includes biographical information on over 120 artists, including James McNeill Whistler (Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket), John Singer Sargent (Madame Paul Poirson and Mosquito Nets), Frederick Childe Hassam (Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris), John Sloan (McSorley's Bar) and Marsden Hartley (Log Jam, Penobscot Bay)
Presents full scholarly apparatus for each painting. Includes an extensive bibliography
Publication anticipates reopening of the Detroit Institute of Art's American galleries in 2007