The Old Violin

by William Michael Harnett, Frank Tuchfarber

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A rare proof-impression of Harnett's masterpiece. Considered the father of American trompe l'oeil painting, William Michael Harnett began his career in 1865 when he began to practice the engraver's trade. In 1871 he moved to New York and studied at the National Academy of Design at Cooper Union. It was by the mid-1870's that he first began to exhibit at the National Academy of Design and at the Philadelphia Centennial. By 1880 Harnett had realized his lifelong dream of

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