William Harnett’s Curious Objects Public Law Death Zero

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William Harnett’s Curious Objects Public Law Death ZeroAdmired for his trompe loeil style, American painter William Harnett (18481892) was as intellectually ambitious as he was technically skilled. The first scholarly monograph on the artist, William Harnetts Curious Objects details Harnetts career long effort to position still life as a serious art. Nika Elder elevates the significance of Harnetts academic training and questions his apparent turn away from it. Reading his still lifes in relation to