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The Cosmopolitan Art Association Illustrated Catalogue 1855-56.

New York; Cosmopolitan Art Association: 1855.

The second annual catalog issued by the Association. The Cosmopolitan Art
Association was an ambitious project which lasted from 1854 until the
outbreak of the Civil War. The Association took the prize lottery system
used by earlier unions one step further, and actually gave Hiram Powers'
celebrated statue 'The Greek Slave' away to one lucky subscriber during
the first Annual Drawing.
For $3.00 a year, members received subscriptions to a number of literary
journals, including The Knickerbocker Magazine, Littell's Living Age, The
Panorama of Life and Literature, Graham's American Monthly Magazine and
Godey's Lady's Book. The Association also set up a gallery in New York
where the paintings and sculpture, to be distributed by lottery to members
at the end of each year, could be viewed.

Softcover. 5.5"x9", 38 pages, wood engravings. Covers worn and chipped,
soil. [39871]   $60

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