Index to Artistic Biography

Index to Artistic Biography, published in 1973, is a massive quick reference guide for the location of artists' biographies in 64 reference works published between 1902 and 1970. The First Supplement covers 70 additional titles containing approximately 47,000 names. Publication dates of the indexed volumes range from the reprint of a 1926 title to the 1980 edition of Who's Who in American Art. The format of the new volume is identical to the original work: a listing by surname with birth and death dates, nationality, media in which the artist worked, and a code referring to the bibliography of the titles indexed.