Lens on American Art: The Depiction and Role of Eyeglasses

A reflection of American art's most iconic portraits that feature eyeglasses, and their significance to the artists—from Grant Wood to Alex Katz—through the lens of renowned art historian John Wilmerding.

This book celebrates and interprets eyeglasses in American art through painting, prints, folk art, sculpture, and photography from the end of the eighteenth century to the present. Accompanying an exhibition at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, the book includes eighty works by illustrious a...