The Annenberg Collection

The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, watercolors, and drawings constitutes one of the most remarkable groupings of avant-garde works of art from the mid-19th to the early 20th century ever given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A revised and expanded edition of the 1989 publication Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection, this volume presents more than fifty masterworks by such luminaries as Manet, Degas, Morisot, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse, accompanied by elucidating texts and a wealth of comparative illustrations. -- From publisher.

The Walter and Lee Annenberg Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, watercolors, and drawings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art comprises one of the most remarkable groupings of avant-garde works of art from the mid-19th to the early 20th century. A revised and updated edition of the 1989 publication "Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection," this beautiful volume presents 55 masterworks by such luminaries as Manet, Degas, Morisot, Renoir, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, and Matisse, accompanied by elucidating text and a wealth of comparative illustrations.