Name/Title
THE ENJOYMENT AND USE OF COLOREntry/Object ID
97.37.1.3Description
"The Enjoyment and Use of Color" by Walter Sargent (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923), 274 pp. A hardcover book without dustjacket, with a green-brown colored cover. The title and author are on the front cover and both with the publisher are on the spine--all in black ink. The book is a text for secondary school and college art departments as well as for general reading as a study and appreciation of color. Chapters are on color sensations, values and intensities, complementarity, composites, triads, harmonies, and the use of color in nature and art. There are 35 illustrations, consisting of photographs and drawings. The book is in fair condition with heavy surface staining on the cover, abrasions on the cover and spine edges and corners and above the title on the front page, scratches on the cover, loose binding, and page discoloration. The author's signature is on the title page in blue ink. The book's owner is identified on the facing page with ten borrowers listed below. On the inside front cover are the names and addresses of five persons and those of eleven others are on the back inside cover. There is also a name and address on the second facing page.Lexicon
Search Terms
Documentary Artifact, Books, Charles Scribner's Sons [Publisher], Color--Study and teaching, Color in art